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[–] rustydomino 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I was gonna make a snarky comment about how Treebeard has a cool Elvish name, then I looked it up and “Fangorn” literally means “Treebeard” in Sindarin 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Yeah but his original name really is unpronouceable because it would take literal days to spell out, if I remember correctly. So it's not completely unrealistic for others to want a shorter version. Like when Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu gets shortened to Taumata Hill in english.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

A tree with a beard by any other name would be equally a beardy tree.

...the appropriation of that Shakespeare quote really tried to get away from me at the end there.