Re: How to avoid being a Tolkien clone

on 5/26/01 4:54, BP Jonsson at bpj@NETG.SE wrote:

> At 20:31 2001-05-25 -0500, Danny Wier wrote:
>
>> I feel like I'm ripping off JRR, and I've
>> been trying to find a name for the Orcs (who have no real native language but
>> speak a crude form of English).  I've thought of Goblins, Ogres, Thugs,
>> Cavemen,
>> _homo erectus_ revived...
>
> IMHO _Goblin_ is probably the most "neutral" English word for this kind of
> creature.  Even JRRT himself used it as the English translation of _Orc,
> Orch, Orko_.
How about:

Trolls
Gremlins
Grotches



andy.

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