[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: (TFT) fiction ?



"David O. Miller" <davidomiller@verizon.net> wrote: I always wondered about the name "orc" myself.
David,
    From Tolkien's own words.

   David Michael Grouchy II


"the word is as far as I am concerned actually derived from Old English orc 'demon', but only because of its phonetic suitability" 
-The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, #144, 25 April 1954.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc

   

 				
---------------------------------
Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.
=====
Post to the entire list by writing to tft@brainiac.com.
Unsubscribe by mailing to majordomo@brainiac.com with the message body
"unsubscribe tft"