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Finrod
Lorien
Dec 24 2011, 2:24am
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Oin is a punny guy
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The reason that Oin has the hearing issue is because Guillermo del Toro is a native Spanish speaker, and he’s trying to be funny. The Spanish oyen means “they hear”, from the infinitive oir.
I bet you anything that Guillermo found Oin and oyen too alike to pass up making a multilingual pun with.
…all eyes looked upon the ring; for he held it now aloft, and the green jewels gleamed there that the Noldor had devised in Valinor. For this ring was like to twin serpents, whose eyes were emeralds, and their heads met beneath a crown of golden flowers, that the one upheld and the other devoured; that was the badge of Finarfin and his house.The Silmarillion, pp 150-151 while Felagund laughs beneath the treesin Valinor and comes no more
to this grey world of tears and war.The Lays of Beleriand, p 311
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Oin is a punny guy
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Finrod
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Dec 24 2011, 2:24am
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You learn something new everyday!
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Maiarmike
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Dec 24 2011, 2:27am
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Yes, Del Toro seems to have been a fan of playing on puns in the dwarves' designs...
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QuackingTroll
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Dec 24 2011, 2:31am
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Oakenshield
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titanium_hobbit
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Dec 24 2011, 6:33am
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I wonder if anyone has a problem with Oin's hearing aid
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redgiraffe
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Dec 24 2011, 2:47am
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Bifurcation
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Finrod
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Dec 24 2011, 3:09am
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He's not the first dwarf to have an ear trumpet...
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Silverlode
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Dec 24 2011, 9:12am
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I don't see what's wrong with that
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Faenoriel
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Dec 24 2011, 3:38am
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Besides, we already established Bofur is the bunny. :D //
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Faenoriel
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Dec 24 2011, 3:39am
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Anyone
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Balin88
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Dec 24 2011, 4:52am
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oh yes!
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flodwyns
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Dec 24 2011, 12:31pm
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Yep, a complete joke, just like 'The Devil's Backbone'. //
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Flagg
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Dec 24 2011, 2:58pm
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Ori sounds like "Orar" in Spanish, which means "Pray," which would explain his monk-like appearance.//
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Bladerunner
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Dec 24 2011, 1:23pm
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Oooh, nice find!
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Faenoriel
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Dec 24 2011, 2:39pm
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Amaizingly corny Dwarven idiosyncracies
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Finrod
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Dec 24 2011, 3:01pm
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Sometimes that's how imagination works
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Faenoriel
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Dec 24 2011, 3:18pm
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This is very random
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Niniel Valinor
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Dec 24 2011, 3:02pm
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Kili the Killer
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Finrod
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Dec 24 2011, 4:34pm
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But in Spanish to kill is "matar". Doesn't sound like Kíli.
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Faenoriel
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Dec 24 2011, 4:57pm
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Pues
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Finrod
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Dec 24 2011, 5:10pm
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Whatever the case
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Faenoriel
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Dec 24 2011, 6:40pm
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With all these puns I still cannot figure out Nori's Star head...
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QuackingTroll
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Dec 25 2011, 12:24am
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It doesn't have to be a direct pun of his name, but
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Faenoriel
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Dec 25 2011, 1:28am
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