Re: Verruca
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 8, 2003, 0:09 |
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On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:30:22 -0600 Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
writes:
> James Landau wrote:
> > There is also a band named Veruca Salt (this being spelt with one
> R,
> > I'm SURE), further familiarizing the word (I've come across people
> who
> > have heard of the band, but had no idea where the name came
> from!)
> I'd initially interpreted it, when I first heard it, as "Baruk
> Assault",
> and wondered what "Baruk" meant. :-) Of course, when I found out
> what the name actually was, it still made no more sense to me.
-
Well, |baruk| in Tolkien's Dwarf language, Khuzdul, means "axes (of)".
So Baruk Assault would mean "axes of assault" :-P .
-Stephen (Steg)
"baruk khazâd! khazâd ai-mênu!"
(axes of the dwarves! the dwarves are upon you!)
~ gimli son of gloin, _lord of the rings: the two towers_