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Asger
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Feb 8, 5:34pm
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...none of the dwarf-names from either the Edda or the Hobbit are in common use in Denmark and I don't think in Norwegian og Swedish either. Might be in Icelandic, though, that's much closer to Old Norse. In Denmark 'Thor' is always pronounced 'Tor', well: 'Tôr' with a long 'o'. I've even got a son called 'Thorfinn' as middle name.
I think this youngster's name is probably cultural, rather than from The Hobbit. I wonder if someone who's from a Scandinavian country could tell us if names from the Edda tend to be commonly used there?
What's curious is that I've heard his teacher pronounce it almost like "Torin", without a distinct "th" sound, but the "T" is soft, almost on the edge of being a "th".
"Don't take life seriously, it ain't nohow permanent!" Pogo
www.willy-centret.dk
(This post was edited by Asger on Feb 8, 5:37pm)
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Rohan Marley? Owns a coffee plantation in the Blue Mountains?
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Kirly
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Jan 31, 2:28am
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Rohan is not an unsual name
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Starling
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Jan 31, 7:11am
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We have a Thorin at my school.
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dernwyn
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Jan 31, 11:15am
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Just think,
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Starling
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Feb 1, 7:23am
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Erk...
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dernwyn
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Feb 1, 10:40pm
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Tolkien's Dwarf names came from the (Nordic) Poetic Edda
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Elizabeth
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Feb 2, 8:00am
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That's why
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dernwyn
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Feb 2, 2:46pm
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Exept for 'Finn'
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Asger
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Feb 8, 5:34pm
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Right
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Lily Fairbairn
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Jan 31, 2:16pm
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just got a puppy...
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elevorn
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Jan 31, 5:07pm
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Photos!
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Ataahua
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Jan 31, 7:02pm
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I'll try to post some later, gotta resize for the boards//
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elevorn
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Jan 31, 7:13pm
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