| Name my Ent! [message #137663] |
Do, 22 September 2005 22:42 |
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I picked up a lovely Ficus Ginseng today. I think it's stunning, and
reminds me of an Ent... but it needs a name.
Suggestions please!
See it at
http://homepage.mac.com/gaslee/PhotoAlbum3.html
Gareth
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"Stupid Gravity!"
Homer Simpson falling from a treehouse
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #137664 ] |
Do, 22 September 2005 23:01 |
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Gareth Slee <ga.slee [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I picked up a lovely Ficus Ginseng today. I think it's stunning, and
> reminds me of an Ent... but it needs a name.
> Suggestions please!
Leaflock.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #138541 ] |
Fr, 23 September 2005 19:39 |
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Gareth Slee (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message
<op.sxiuhjksssbg48 [at] powerbook.local>:
> I picked up a lovely Ficus Ginseng today. I think it's stunning, and
> reminds me of an Ent... but it needs a name.
> Suggestions please!
>
> See it at
> http://homepage.mac.com/gaslee/PhotoAlbum3.html
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>
> Gareth
Still looks very tree-ish at this stage :)
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There are very few spiders found on bananas that bite.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #138557 ] |
Fr, 23 September 2005 22:46 |
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Gareth Slee wrote:
> I picked up a lovely Ficus Ginseng today. I think it's stunning, and
> reminds me of an Ent... but it needs a name.
> Suggestions please!
My love says "Flatfoot". I was thinking about the lines of "Twotrunk",
which sounds awful but you can see where I get it from. Maybe a more
poetic mind can do better! I kinda like Flatfoot, though.
T.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #138636 ] |
So, 25 September 2005 17:28 |
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Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
> My love says "Flatfoot". I was thinking about the lines of "Twotrunk",
> which sounds awful but you can see where I get it from. Maybe a more
> poetic mind can do better! I kinda like Flatfoot, though.
i like it too! then you can shorten it to Fluff.
our ent is called Noa. that is a contraction of
Nogemåenjørrnårennfinnenforsvarslauselidenbuskiudhusemenka, still too
short and hasty a name for an ent, but i guess they will both grow
bigger together.
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Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
Children are a perpetual, self-renewing underclass, helpless to escape
from the decisions of adults until they become adults themselves.
(Orson Scott Card)
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #138642 ] |
So, 25 September 2005 21:31 |
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Tamf Moo wrote:
> Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
>> My love says "Flatfoot". I was thinking about the lines of
>> "Twotrunk", which sounds awful but you can see where I get it from.
>> Maybe a more poetic mind can do better! I kinda like Flatfoot,
>> though.
> i like it too! then you can shorten it to Fluff.
Ooooo... that's cute.
> our ent is called Noa. that is a contraction of
> Nogemåenjørrnårennfinnenforsvarslauselidenbuskiudhusemenka,
Something tells me Bablefish is going to give
Nogemåenjørrnårennfinnenforsvarslauselidenbuskiudhusemenka back for
that so... care to make a stab at it for this ignorant Dutch?
T.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #140102 ] |
Mo, 26 September 2005 15:37 |
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Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
> > i like it too! then you can shorten it to Fluff.
>
> Ooooo... that's cute.
it's also a much better name for, say, a fern, than Ferny.
> Something tells me Bablefish is going to give
> Nogemåenjørrnårennfinnenforsvarslauselidenbuskiudhusemenka back for
> that so... care to make a stab at it for this ignorant Dutch?
are you sure you'll be able to take it?
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Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
Pepsi and Sierra Mist, potato chips, burritos,
Nachos fit for salsa dip, cheezos and tostitos,
Roasted peanuts too we have, of any beer shall drink ye,
Junk food brought from Bree-way, from Rivendell a twinkie.
(E-Tom Bombadil)
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #140111 ] |
Mo, 26 September 2005 20:03 |
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Tamf Moo wrote:
> Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
>>> i like it too! then you can shorten it to Fluff.
>> Ooooo... that's cute.
> it's also a much better name for, say, a fern, than Ferny.
And a much better name for a three-headed helldog than "Three-headed
Helldoggy".
>> Something tells me Bablefish is going to give
>> Nogemåenjørrnårennfinnenforsvarslauselidenbuskiudhusemenka back for
>> that so... care to make a stab at it for this ignorant Dutch?
> are you sure you'll be able to take it?
Of course I'm not, since I don't know what it means. Now tell me! Tell
tell tell!
T.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #140161 ] |
Di, 27 September 2005 18:26 |
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Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
> > it's also a much better name for, say, a fern, than Ferny.
>
> And a much better name for a three-headed helldog than "Three-headed
> Helldoggy".
actually, to keep this on topic, i think Tolkien followed the same
thinking when he named Smaug. something which is able to creep
stealthily like a mouse? a *dragon*?
> Of course I'm not, since I don't know what it means. Now tell me! Tell
> tell tell!
"onehastodosomethingwhenonefindsasmalldefenselessbushbutwhat "
it loses something in the translation, i think.
--
Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
The special aptitude shown by Englishmen in the government of Oriental
races pointed to England as the most effective and beneficent instrument
for the gradual introduction of European civilization into Egypt. (The
Earl of Cromer, 1908)
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #140166 ] |
Di, 27 September 2005 20:32 |
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Tamf Moo wrote:
> Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
>>> it's also a much better name for, say, a fern, than Ferny.
>> And a much better name for a three-headed helldog than
>> "Three-headed
>> Helldoggy".
> actually, to keep this on topic, i think Tolkien followed the same
> thinking when he named Smaug. something which is able to creep
> stealthily like a mouse? a *dragon*?
I always thought of "Smoke". Then again, I was a child at the time.
>> Of course I'm not, since I don't know what it means. Now tell me!
>> Tell tell tell!
> "onehastodosomethingwhenonefindsasmalldefenselessbushbutwhat "
:-)
> it loses something in the translation, i think.
:-)
T.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #140177 ] |
Di, 27 September 2005 23:01 |
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"Tamf Moo" <liddlelellow [at] yahoo.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse
news:MPG.1da3830030b60f229896f2 [at] news.individual.net...
> "onehastodosomethingwhenonefindsasmalldefenselessbushbutwhat "
> it loses something in the translation, i think.
<Nogemåenjørrnårennfinnenforsvarslauselidenbuskiudhusemenka>
It seems to have lost an outhouse, at least.
Ramn.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #141202 ] |
Mi, 28 September 2005 17:26 |
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Raven spoke softly, shivering:
> <Nogemåenjørrnårennfinnenforsvarslauselidenbuskiudhusemenka>
>
> It seems to have lost an outhouse, at least.
meep! my transtating abilities are put to shame. however, that should be
shed, not outhouse. i doubt i would have taken in a plant left in an
outhouse.
--
Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
If you have two loaves of bread,
sell one and buy a hyacinth to feed your soul. (Persian proverb)
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #141204 ] |
Mi, 28 September 2005 17:28 |
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Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
> > actually, to keep this on topic, i think Tolkien followed the same
> > thinking when he named Smaug. something which is able to creep
> > stealthily like a mouse? a *dragon*?
>
> I always thought of "Smoke". Then again, I was a child at the time.
that, or smog. which rather gives the impression of a wheezing old
dragon who can only keep close to the ground. maybe he really was, and
the mad fight against him was only later embellishment by Bilbo and
those untrustworthy Daleks?
> > "onehastodosomethingwhenonefindsasmalldefenselessbushbutwhat "
>
> :-)
>
> > it loses something in the translation, i think.
>
> :-)
seee! it's knot supposed to make you smile!!!
--
Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
If you have two loaves of bread,
sell one and buy a hyacinth to feed your soul. (Persian proverb)
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #141206 ] |
Mi, 28 September 2005 17:55 |
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Tamf Moo wrote:
> Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
>> :-)
>>> it loses something in the translation, i think.
>> :-)
> seee! it's knot supposed to make you smile!!!
You always make me smile.
T.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #141219 ] |
Mi, 28 September 2005 22:21 |
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"Tamf Moo" <liddlelellow [at] yahoo.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse
news:MPG.1da4c66554ccd69e9896f3 [at] news.individual.net...
> meep! my transtating abilities are put to shame. however, that should be
> shed, not outhouse. i doubt i would have taken in a plant left in an
> outhouse.
Why not? It would have been well manured and healthy.
Ravnefan.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #142320 ] |
Sa, 01 Oktober 2005 00:37 |
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Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
> > seee! it's knot supposed to make you smile!!!
>
> You always make me smile.
i guess i'd never make a good wailing woman...
--
Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
I am a small eye poet. (ee cummings)
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #142321 ] |
Sa, 01 Oktober 2005 00:37 |
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Raven spoke softly, shivering:
> > shed, not outhouse. i doubt i would have taken in a plant left in an
> > outhouse.
>
> Why not? It would have been well manured and healthy.
excactly! why would i remove it from such a beneficial environment?
--
Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
I am a small eye poet. (ee cummings)
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #142343 ] |
Sa, 01 Oktober 2005 11:38 |
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Tamf Moo wrote:
> Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
> Tamf Moo wrote:
>>> seee! it's knot supposed to make you smile!!!
>> You always make me smile.
> i guess i'd never make a good wailing woman...
Depends on what you want from it. I'd surely like you to be wailing at
*my* funeral!
T.
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #142366 ] |
Sa, 01 Oktober 2005 18:38 |
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:37:22 -0500, Tamf Moo wrote
(in article <MPG.1da209ead4b86d3c9896f0 [at] news.individual.net>):
> Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
>
>>> i like it too! then you can shorten it to Fluff.
>>
>> Ooooo... that's cute.
>
> it's also a much better name for, say, a fern, than Ferny.
{snip}
What about Bill Ferny?
---
Graham
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #142398 ] |
So, 02 Oktober 2005 12:38 |
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Taemon spoke softly, shivering:
> Depends on what you want from it. I'd surely like you to be wailing at
> *my* funeral!
and i would not! unless you're planning on having a dress rehearsal one
with a live body.
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Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of
making trouble? Making life means making trouble. (GB Shaw)
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #142400 ] |
So, 02 Oktober 2005 12:39 |
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Graham Lockwood spoke softly, shivering:
> > it's also a much better name for, say, a fern, than Ferny.
> What about Bill Ferny?
i don't think he was very entish. in fact, quite the opposite.
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Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of
making trouble? Making life means making trouble. (GB Shaw)
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #144530 ] |
Di, 04 Oktober 2005 16:41 |
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On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 05:39:14 -0500, Tamf Moo wrote
(in article <MPG.1da9c9284c7a5974989700 [at] news.individual.net>):
> Graham Lockwood spoke softly, shivering:
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>>> it's also a much better name for, say, a fern, than Ferny.
>
>> What about Bill Ferny?
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> i don't think he was very entish. in fact, quite the opposite.
Ah, but "Bill Ferny" could be a very good name for a fern.
---
Graham
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| Re: Name my Ent! [message #144538 ] |
Mi, 05 Oktober 2005 01:14 |
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Graham Lockwood spoke softly, shivering:
> > i don't think he was very entish. in fact, quite the opposite.
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> Ah, but "Bill Ferny" could be a very good name for a fern.
only if the brain is supervised by a Garfield.
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Tamf, lellow dwagin and CHOKLIT-eater at your service.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make
my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it. (Voltaire)
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