From: Flame of the West Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:51:14 -0500 Organization: Attercop & Tomnoddy, Ltd. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <388A1840.BBD39FEA@erols.com> References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> Reply-To: jsolinas@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: a/oSt765MIgt1nX+1xSdIEGOQdw0uutj2JYJY1kMnns= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Jan 2000 20:52:39 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!howland.erols.net!outgoing.news.rcn.net.MISMATCH!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12860 "Paul D. Shocklee" wrote: > I was amused to note that there are a > few features between Iceland and Great Britain which are straight out of > Tolkien: Edoras Bank, Lorien Bank, and Eriador Seamount. > Are there other locations on Earth named for places > or characters in Tolkien? Columbia, Maryland, was a planned city constructed in the 1960's. The most exclusive area is called Hobbit's Glen. -- -- FotW Reality is for those who cannot cope with Middle-Earth. ###### From: "Janet Reedman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 16:06:23 -0000 Organization: Customer of Planet Online Lines: 27 Message-ID: <86f916$8ih$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk> References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-28.krypton.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk 948643686 8785 62.136.17.156 (23 Jan 2000 16:08:06 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Jan 2000 16:08:06 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!colt.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!newspost.theplanet.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12869 In Ireland there is a cave called Polnagollum. this may actually mean something in Irish, though, rather than be named after gollum1 isn't there also a cave in Australia ar NZ called Khazadum? Janet Paul D. Shocklee wrote in message news:86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU... > I just finished reading the Akkalabeth for the first time this afternoon, and > I was thinking of the downfall of Numenor when I happened to walk past > a bathymetric map of the North Atlantic that we have on a wall near > my office (in Reykjavik, Iceland). I was amused to note that there are a > few features between Iceland and Great Britain which are straight out of > Tolkien: Edoras Bank, Lorien Bank, and Eriador Seamount. > > Clearly there must be some fans amongst the oceanographers! > > Hence the title question: Are there other locations on Earth named for places > or characters in Tolkien? > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > ( Paul Shocklee - physics grad student - Princeton ty ) ###### From: Huan the hound Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:56:08 -0500 Organization: Merit Network Inc. Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.gvsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: aanews.merit.net 948653771 2701 148.61.1.15 (23 Jan 2000 18:56:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@merit.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Jan 2000 18:56:11 GMT In-Reply-To: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: river.it.gvsu.edu Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!aanews.merit.edu!news.gvsu.edu!river.it.gvsu.edu!dyera Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12861 On 22 Jan 2000, Paul D. Shocklee wrote: >Hence the title question: Are there other locations on Earth named for places >or characters in Tolkien? There is a place called Aman Park that I pass every day on the way to my university's other campus. I intend to go there some time soon! -- Huan, the hound of Valinor The battle of Huan and Draugluin was long and fierce. Yet at length Draugluin escaped, and fleeing back into the tower he died before Sauron's feet; and as he died he told his master: 'Huan is there!' ###### Message-ID: <388B6DC8.B3A8C7C@arrakis.es> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:08:24 +0100 From: Javier Caselli X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.5.76.214 X-Trace: 23 Jan 2000 22:06:57 +0100, 195.5.76.214 Organization: Landsraad Lines: 22 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!newsfeed.mad.ttd.net!news.arrakis.es!195.5.76.214 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12895 "Paul D. Shocklee" wrote: > I just finished reading the Akkalabeth for the first time this afternoon, and > I was thinking of the downfall of Numenor when I happened to walk past > a bathymetric map of the North Atlantic that we have on a wall near > my office (in Reykjavik, Iceland). I was amused to note that there are a > few features between Iceland and Great Britain which are straight out of > Tolkien: Edoras Bank, Lorien Bank, and Eriador Seamount. > > Clearly there must be some fans amongst the oceanographers! > > Hence the title question: Are there other locations on Earth named for places > or characters in Tolkien? > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ( Paul Shocklee - physics grad student - Princeton University ) This one is no very significant, but there is a flower shop here in Malaga called Lothlorien. ###### From: "Ben Munsey" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Lines: 16 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.149.131.138 X-Trace: tw12.nn.bcandid.com 948680183 207.149.131.138 (Sun, 23 Jan 2000 19:16:23 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 19:16:23 MST Organization: bCandid - Powering the world's discussions - http://bCandid.com Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 02:16:25 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!newshunter!cosy.sbg.ac.at!newsfeed.Austria.EU.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!npeer.kpnqwest.net!blackbush.xlink.net!howland.erols.net!europa.netcrusader.net!206.132.58.120!gw22.nn.bcandid.com!hub12.nn.bcandid.com!tw12.nn.bcandid.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12925 "Paul D. Shocklee" wrote... > > Hence the title question: Are there other locations on Earth named for places > or characters in Tolkien? > In North Cascades National Park, in Washington State, there is a group of peaks that received their official names back in 1973 from the first party to climb them. They are (from east to west): Mindolluin, Dol Amroth, the Sword Pinnacles (Glamdring, Orcrist, and Anduril), Dol Guldur, Caradhras, and Orthanc. -- Ben ###### From: StevieRayVonnegut Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Message-ID: <0903875c.fe977833@usw-ex0102-011.remarq.com> Lines: 23 Bytes: 972 X-Originating-Host: 209.30.67.182 Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World's Usenet/Discussions Start Here References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> X-Wren-Trace: eJu+lpeOyYPI2ZqQldmPkYKGnpOcmsncvo6VkJ2AzNibkJvIxYLAxsfUycnbitDe Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:49:05 -0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.0.2.11 X-Complaints-To: wrenabuse@remarq.com X-Trace: WReNphoon4 948696440 10.0.2.11 (Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:47:20 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:47:20 PST Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!remarQ70!remarQ.com!supernews.com!remarQ69!WReNclone!WReNphoon4.POSTED!WReN!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12930 In Northern California, just south of Redwoods National Park, there are several private parks, wood carving exibitions, and just weird touristy stuff kinda places. That shot everyone has seen of a car driving through a tree tunnel cut out of the center of the trunk is in this area. One of the stops is called something to do with middle earth, maybe The Shire, or Hobbiton, or something, I cant remember. I did buy a FRODO LIVES bumber sticker there though. They have a tour of various wood carvings of scenes from JRRT's works. Some of the wood carving is tremendous. Smaug descending on Esgaroth was well done. Some of it was quite hoaky though. Not exactly a place name, but close. Anyone else heard of this? StevieRayVonnegut, Chief Cartographer, Tookland Smials, The Shire, Eriador. * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! ###### From: colinr@toliman.uio.no (Colin Rosenthal) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Date: 24 Jan 2000 13:05:37 GMT Organization: University of Oslo, Norway Lines: 22 Message-ID: <86hin1$ou0$3@readme.uio.no> References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> Reply-To: colin.rosenthal@astro.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Host: toliman.uio.no User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.3 (UNIX) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsfeed1.uni2.dk!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!colinr Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12896 On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 02:16:25 GMT, Ben Munsey wrote: >"Paul D. Shocklee" wrote... >> >> Hence the title question: Are there other locations on Earth named for >places >> or characters in Tolkien? >> > >In North Cascades National Park, in Washington State, there is a group of >peaks that received their official names back in 1973 from the first party >to climb them. They are (from east to west): Mindolluin, Dol Amroth, the >Sword Pinnacles (Glamdring, Orcrist, and Anduril), Dol Guldur, Caradhras, >and Orthanc. I wonder if Tolkien knew of this and/or gave prior approval? I imagine he would have loved the idea. (even if some of the choices seem a little odd) -- Colin Rosenthal Astrophysics Institute University of Oslo ###### Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien From: Shimpei Yamashita Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: shimpei@gol.com (Shimpei Yamashita) Message-ID: Lines: 20 Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:52:02 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.216.42.55 X-Complaints-To: abuse@gol.com X-Trace: nnrp.gol.com 948721922 203.216.42.55 (Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:52:02 JST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:52:02 JST Organization: Global Online Japan Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.gol.com!203.216.70.8.MISMATCH!nnrp.gol.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12917 Paul D. Shocklee writes: > >I just finished reading the Akkalabeth for the first time this afternoon, and >I was thinking of the downfall of Numenor when I happened to walk past >a bathymetric map of the North Atlantic that we have on a wall near >my office (in Reykjavik, Iceland). I was amused to note that there are a >few features between Iceland and Great Britain which are straight out of >Tolkien: Edoras Bank, Lorien Bank, and Eriador Seamount. > >Clearly there must be some fans amongst the oceanographers! > >Hence the title question: Are there other locations on Earth named for places >or characters in Tolkien? I'm told that a co-op in UC Berkeley is called Lothlorien. (And Berkeley being the kind of place that it is, their idea of _lembas_ is probably marijuana-spiked cornbread. :-) ) -- Shimpei Yamashita ###### From: elyse Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:17:24 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <86hmtf$eb7$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.210.35.105 X-Article-Creation-Date: Mon Jan 24 14:17:24 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Windows 95) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x39.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 216.210.35.105 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDelyse1999 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!skynet.be!newsfeed.icl.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12899 In article <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU>, shocklee@princeton.edu (Paul D. Shocklee) wrote: > > Hence the title question: Are there other locations on Earth named for places > or characters in Tolkien? > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ( Paul Shocklee - physics grad student - Princeton University ) > There's a Gimli, Manitoba, but this is not named for the character in LOTR. It's a coincidence, because the town was founded by immigrants from Iceland. Where I grew up in eastern Pennsylvania, there was a head shop that advertised on the radio (I never actually went there, of course!) called the Hobbit Hole. -- Eruve Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ###### From: "Öjevind Lång" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Lines: 20 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.151.36.1 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@swip.net X-Trace: nntpserver.swip.net 948744210 212.151.36.1 (Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:03:30 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:03:30 MET DST Organization: A Customer of Tele2 X-Sender: s-774765@d212-151-36-1.swipnet.se Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:06:11 +0100 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news-x.support.nl!news.tele2.nl!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!nntpserver.swip.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12927 Paul D. Shocklee hath written: [snip] > >Hence the title question: Are there other locations on Earth named for places >or characters in Tolkien? This is not exactly what you are asking about, but after "The Lord of the Rings" became popular there have been several cases of people in Sweden calling their children Bilbo or Gandalf - names that never existed here before even though Gandalf is genuine Nordic - the name of a Dwarf in the "Elder Edda". I have also heard of at least one child being called Vidstige - the Swedish name for Strider. Öjevind ###### From: StevieRayVonnegut Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Message-ID: <065f8722.6124cf41@usw-ex0101-004.remarq.com> Lines: 10 Bytes: 375 X-Originating-Host: 209.30.108.116 Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World's Usenet/Discussions Start Here References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> <86hmtf$eb7$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Wren-Trace: ePHU/P3ko+mis/D6/7Pl++js9Pn28KO21OT/+vfqprLx+vGir+iqrK2+pKSn/7O3pg== Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:31:01 -0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.0.2.4 X-Complaints-To: wrenabuse@remarq.com X-Trace: WReNphoon2 948774311 10.0.2.4 (Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:25:11 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:25:11 PST Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.stanford.edu!remarQ70!rQdQ!supernews.com!remarQ.com!remarQ69!WReNclone!WReNphoon2.POSTED!WReN!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12929 There is a health food resturant here in Houston called the Hobbit Hole. It has been open since the late 60's, so got its name from the initial North American popularity of the paper back edition in '65 I assume. SRV * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! ###### From: jeoppete@aol.com (Kingasaurus) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Lines: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder06.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 25 Jan 2000 05:59:54 GMT References: Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: <20000125005954.05518.00000312@ng-fw1.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!korova.insync.net!korova.insync.net!europa.netcrusader.net!24.30.200.2!cyclone-east.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-east.rr.com!portc05.blue.aol.com!audrey05.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12915 <> In the 80's, there was a national news anchor for ABC News (in the US) named Ray Gandalf. Maybe someone other than myself remembers him. Not sure where he is now...either retired or dead. -King " I know what fakery looks like" -James Randi ###### From: elyse Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:16:18 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <86kspt$qec$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <20000125005954.05518.00000312@ng-fw1.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.210.40.26 X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Jan 25 19:16:18 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Windows 95) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x42.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 216.210.40.26 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDelyse1999 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!newshunter!cosy.sbg.ac.at!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!newsfeed.tli.de!newspeer.monmouth.com!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12947 In article <20000125005954.05518.00000312@ng-fw1.aol.com>, jeoppete@aol.com (Kingasaurus) wrote: > In the 80's, there was a national news anchor for ABC News (in the US) named > Ray Gandalf. > > Maybe someone other than myself remembers him. > > Not sure where he is now...either retired or dead. > > -King > > " I know what fakery looks like" -James Randi > I remember him! There was also a local news reporter in the Philadelphia area named Cathy Gandalfo. (Would this be the Italian form?) There is a French Canadian actor named Gildor Roy. -- Eruve Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ###### Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> <86hmtf$eb7$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <065f8722.6124cf41@usw-ex0101-004.remarq.com> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 From: dgdavis@nyx10.nyx.net (DONALD G. DAVIS) Organization: Nyx Net, the spirit of the Night (www.nyx.net) Message-ID: <948827475.211406@iris.nyx.net> Cache-Post-Path: iris.nyx.net!dgdavis@nyx10.nyx.net X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Lines: 7 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:16:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.124.29.7 X-Trace: wormhole.dimensional.com 948827787 206.124.29.7 (Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:16:27 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:16:27 MDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!pulsar.dimensional.com!dimensional.com!wormhole.dimensional.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:12944 While exploring a part of the Grand Canyon in the 1970s, we discovered a cave which we named "Moria Cavern." I'm sure there are also a number of caves around the world in which the explorers have given Tolkienian names to chambers and passages, which are on record in the maps of those caves, but few of which come to the general public's attention. --Donald Davis ###### From: jiminut@aol.com (Jiminut) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places (people) on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder06.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 26 Jan 2000 22:10:11 GMT References: <86kspt$qec$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: <20000126171011.13624.00000039@ng-cf1.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!cyclone-east.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-east.rr.com!portc05.blue.aol.com!audrey05.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:13015 > >> In the 80's, there was a national news anchor for ABC News (in the US) >named >> Ray Gandalf. >> >> Maybe someone other than myself remembers him. >> >> Not sure where he is now...either retired or dead. >> >> -King >> >> " I know what fakery looks like" -James Randi >> > >I remember him! There was also a local news reporter in the Philadelphia area >named Cathy Gandalfo. (Would this be the Italian form?) > >There is a French Canadian actor named Gildor Roy. >-- >Eruve I just recently read that one of the original members fo the band T-Rex was named Peregrin Took!! Mike "I said find yourself first and then your tool. Find yourself first, don't you be no fool." - J. Hendrix "Message to the Universe" ###### From: "Edward W. Beattie" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Places on Earth Named After Places in Tolkien? Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:55:32 -0000 Organization: Customer of Planet Online Lines: 13 Message-ID: <86p50v$ta3$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk> References: <86d13n$ns6$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> <388B6DC8.B3A8C7C@arrakis.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-61.raloxifene.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk 948967263 30019 62.136.85.189 (27 Jan 2000 10:01:03 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Jan 2000 10:01:03 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!skynet.be!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!newspost.theplanet.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:13063 > >This one is no very significant, but there is a flower shop here in Malaga called >Lothlorien. > Also a computer company called Lorien systems. Also Khand. regards EWB