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Re: Inventing names

From:Michael Potter <mhpotter@...>
Date:Friday, September 24, 2004, 3:27
Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting Michael Potter <mhpotter@...>: > > >>(b) use simple, meaningless words that fit the phonotactics of your >>language (like Frodo in _Lord of the Rings_) > > > Actually, _Frodo_ is a "modification" of _Frothi_, a Germanic name which may > mean "The Fruitful". Even if that interpretation should be false, there's good > reasons to believe it originally meant something, since Germanic names normally > do. > > Andreas >
I knew I got something wrong. :P I doubt that anybody cares, but I hate to spread false information. Frodo does have a meaning, as you said. It was _Bilbo_ that had the meaningless name. I had the wrong hobbit. Sorry for the mistake. -- Michael