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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He also nearly named Celeborn Teleporno, which would have been ~~awful~~ amazing.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Not "nearly." That's actually his name in the "pretranslated" language that the book was "originally" written in, within the fiction.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Not "nearly" and not "Celeborn Teleporno".

Celeborn is his name in the language Sindarin.

Teleporno is his name in the language Quenya.

I think you can see the similarities between "Cele/Tele" and "born/porn(o)", right?

Similarly Galadriel (Sinadrin) has a Quenya name - Altáriel.

We have very similar situations here on Earth with differences in spelling/pronunciation between languages (and ages): James vs Iacobus or Catherine vs Aikaterínē.