--- Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > >Fun site - and I find etymology fascinating. I > think > >that's one of the reasons I enjoyed Tolkien so much > - > >I named two of my cats (alas, gone to that great > >prowling ground in the sky) using 'Elvish' words or > >word-roots. (Turned out that someone else in Baton > >Rouge had also named their cat 'Mithril!') > > > Oh-oh. Be glad I don't forward this message to the > Tolkien mailing list, Naming _cats_ with Tolkien's > invented languages might surely make him spin in > his grave - he was deeply ailurophobic. The only > proper name for a cat would be "Sauron" :-)
Yes, too bad to see such a deep flaw in an otherwise good and intelligent man. I'm sure that Bast forgives him - that is, if She could be bothered to care about a puny human bodyservant-and-supplier-of-cream... <Vaguely Amused Smile> Overlooking Flaws Maru __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com
