Message-ID: <3A0E0B5E.F2C87F21@stern.nyu.edu> From: Leigh Duffy X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Shadowfax the Balrog || was RE:Overstatement? References: <8rkd1t$6a6$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi> <5YkD5.16585$uq5.325132@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <01c03207$c22f1800$518110ac@crprm332.lexis-nexis.com> <8rtg2t$o96$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39E39FFF.5500A653@erols.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 14 Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 22:15:43 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.165.23.192 X-Trace: typhoon.nyu.edu 973998902 216.165.23.192 (Sat, 11 Nov 2000 22:15:02 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 22:15:02 EST Organization: New York University Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!newsfeed.nyu.edu!typhoon.nyu.edu!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:29206 > v) Finally, proof is in his name : Fax is a rhohirric shortening of quenya > falma : refering to his wave shaped wings. Shadow of course signifies that > the wings were of Shadow. It is no co-incidence that the Balrog had wings of > shadow, they were one and the same creature. No, silly. Fax is a shortening of "facsimile". The shadow part was derived from his balrog heritage. Therefore, "Shadowfax", or "evil fax machine". He was faster than the fastest of horses, sending documents to offices all over Middle Earth in only a matter of seconds. Gandalf was the only one who could successfully master the art of riding a fax machine, therefore his fond nickname: "Gandalf Greyscale". Leigh ###### From: kemosabe@skyenet.net (Masked Man) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Shadowfax the Balrog || was RE:Overstatement? Message-ID: <3a0ed5a4.12762610@news.skyenet.net> References: <8rkd1t$6a6$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi> <5YkD5.16585$uq5.325132@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <01c03207$c22f1800$518110ac@crprm332.lexis-nexis.com> <8rtg2t$o96$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39E39FFF.5500A653@erols.com> <3A0E0B5E.F2C87F21@stern.nyu.edu> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 18 Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 17:39:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.141.202.250 X-Trace: newsfeed.slurp.net 974050185 208.141.202.250 (Sun, 12 Nov 2000 11:29:45 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 11:29:45 CDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.slurp.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:29209 On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 22:15:43 -0500, Leigh Duffy wrote: |No, silly. Fax is a shortening of "facsimile". The shadow part was derived |from his balrog heritage. Therefore, "Shadowfax", or "evil fax machine". He |was faster than the fastest of horses, sending documents to offices all over |Middle Earth in only a matter of seconds. Gandalf was the only one who could |successfully master the art of riding a fax machine, therefore his fond |nickname: "Gandalf Greyscale". Masked Man------>ROFLMAO! -- Who was that masked man?