Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Tolkien's dwarf names Message-ID: <1354@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 07:15:17 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.1354 Posted: Fri Aug 23 07:15:17 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 03:09:41 EDT References: <2651@randvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 15 >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) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland