
Almatolmen wrote:My former username was more complicated: Almacundo/*Auirandos. I explain if you want me to.
Mine is an exercise in irony because I'm a bit complicated and a retired poet. But I didn't feel like nurturing a new moniker so I'm stuck with it. And you can call me Will.
In The History of LotR, ...the personalities of the hobbits seemed as changeable as the land they traversed. In the earliest versions of LotR, Bingo’s relationship to the other hobbits was that of an indulgent uncle showing his young nephews the world. He sets out on his journey in the company of Marmaduke (later Meriadoc) Brandybuck, and Frodo, Odo and Drogo Took. Tolkien soon found that he had more hobbits than he could handle —- and Tooks at that. Drogo quietly vanished. Meriadoc was the most stable of all the characters, keeping his personality and most of his speeches through the three major revisions that marked this early phase of the work. The personalities of Frodo and Odo Took were less clear-cut. Frodo Took began life with Frodo Baggins’ otherworldly air and much of Sam’s dialog — but in Standard English. Frodo Took is the character who is always first to notice what’s happening in the distance. Stubborn Odo, meanwhile, began to disagree with the other hobbits and to long for home and hot meals. Then, at Bree, they were joined by a hobbit who affected the most amazing transformation of all.
RobertEvert wrote:I'm afraid mine isn't very creative. It's my first and middle name, the name I write under.
I used to be Edmund the Scholar.... Edmund because, when I was very little, my brothers told me that my middle initial stood for "Egghead." After a couple years...yes, years... I realized that probably wasn't the case and "Edmund" was the only other "E" name I had heard of so I thought my middle name was Edmund. Eh, weird...I know. The scholar part was because I'm a research in my day job. Boring
sandra wrote:RobertEvert wrote:I'm afraid mine isn't very creative. It's my first and middle name, the name I write under.
I used to be Edmund the Scholar.... Edmund because, when I was very little, my brothers told me that my middle initial stood for "Egghead." After a couple years...yes, years... I realized that probably wasn't the case and "Edmund" was the only other "E" name I had heard of so I thought my middle name was Edmund. Eh, weird...I know. The scholar part was because I'm a research in my day job. Boring
Oh I do hope you got your own back on those brothers of yours. Siblings can be a pain even though you love them
Evert is unusual but nice!
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