Forever Ithildin

[ithildin]

If you've been following along, you know I'm thinking of trying to be Ithildin here on LJ. Except I don't want numbers. So it would have to be ithildin_something (though forever_ithildin sounds cool, but it's too long [pout] LJ limits you to 15 characters) See, I've been Ithildin since 1995, and when I got an LJ, I never actually thought I'd ever use it as more than a commenting account. Yes, I was wrong. LJ has sucked out my soul. Anyway, I ended up picking a username on the spot, without thinking much about it. Ithidrial was an Elvish name I'd created for something once upon a time, and it had "Ith" in it, which is what most people call me.

So, I went through an English/Elvish dictionary, and came up with some likely combos. I may end up just sticking with ithidrial since I'm not sure it wouldn't confuse people to switch, but we'll see. Comments and suggestions welcome!

Poll below!



FYI: Ithildin means 'monnstar' in Elvish and is the glowy silver stuff on the Doors of Moria

[Poll #979429]



Thanks!

Comments

[horsedoovers.livejournal.com]

At least you aren't having to change your name because of a troll. I've had to do that twice now.

[methos-fan.livejournal.com]

I said all of the names outloud. Some didn't sound appealing when combined with Ithildin and some were difficult to get out of my mouth. *g* So I voted for the 2 that sounded the prettiest to my ears.

[horsedoovers.livejournal.com]

What a wickedly delicious icon you have!

[methos-fan.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It really "grabs" you, doesn't it? LOL

[horsedoovers.livejournal.com]

Indeed. It's really yummy.

[otterevil.livejournal.com]

Umm, I have a 5k file of a 1997 IRC convo where Shirl & I renamed you many times :) You were being _Ithy_ and you didn't like it, so Shirlypoo and I *helped*! ::beams::

[kimuro.livejournal.com]

I thought that was mithrial or something like that. (the glowy stuff - made from the same metal as Bilbo's waistcoat, yes?)

[holde-maid.livejournal.com]

You are thinking of mithril, I believe.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

That's 'mithril'.

[holde-maid.livejournal.com]

My suggestions were quenya - hope that works for you. Another expression for "light" seems to be "calim".

Anyway, I do like both Ithilidin and Ithidrial, and since they share that lovely Elven sound I can't say I find them hard to attribute to you. :-)

Of course you could always just go with Ith_Ithilidin, or some such, to try and stop people from being confused. If, that is, this doesn't confuse them more. *LOL*

[dejla.livejournal.com]

What about ithildin_lindë?