The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 11 months agoWait, no...startrek.websiteimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down112
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minus-squareMasimatutu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·11 months agoI’m pretty sure Sméagol is just a translation of the “real” name (Trahald or something IIRC), but I dunno if it’s an actual name
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·11 months agoSméagol is the translation of an actual Westron name Trahald, the meaning of which was “burrowing, worming in” or “apt to creep into a hole”. Huh, TIL. I guess he was bound to become Gollum with a name like that.
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoIt’s almost like he was written by an English professor.
minus-squaretopinambour_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoLike frodo’s real name is Maura Labingi
I’m pretty sure Sméagol is just a translation of the “real” name (Trahald or something IIRC), but I dunno if it’s an actual name
Sméagol is the translation of an actual Westron name Trahald, the meaning of which was “burrowing, worming in” or “apt to creep into a hole”.
Huh, TIL. I guess he was bound to become Gollum with a name like that.
It’s almost like he was written by an English professor.
Like frodo’s real name is Maura Labingi
Fugeddaboudit.