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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: Tolkien's dwarf names
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 07:15:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 07:15:17 1985
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>Funny thing ... each time I read "The Hobbit" it seems that the dwarf
>names are silly and invented for their alliteration and rhyming.

Don't let them hear you call their names silly!

But Dain (no, no relation to the one of the Iron Hills) tells me
that the alliteration and rhyming was purposeful.  Listen again
to some of their speech; while harsh, it has a certain beauty as
well.

Some of my best friends are Dwarves,
-- 
Lindor, alias Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251)
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