The Picard Maneuver to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish • 4 days agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down114
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minus-square@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish36•4 days agoWeird common human slang names for Fangorn and Orodruin/Amon Amarth
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish31•4 days agoHuman: “‘Treebeard’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Fangorn’ sounds exotic!” Elf: “‘Fangorn’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Treebeard’ sounds exotic!”
minus-squareRose ThornelinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days agoThat explains why “Cry of the Black Birds” was on the official soundtrack.
Weird common human slang names for Fangorn and Orodruin/Amon Amarth
Human: “‘Treebeard’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Fangorn’ sounds exotic!”
Elf: “‘Fangorn’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Treebeard’ sounds exotic!”
That explains why “Cry of the Black Birds” was on the official soundtrack.
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