someone is WRONG on the INTERNET
Nov. 21st, 2012 10:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishSo this is going around the internets lately:
This is of course completely wrong-headed. As everyone knows, the mountain's name in Elvish was Orodruin ("Fiery Mountain") or Amon Amarth ("Mountain of Fate"). "Mount Doom" is just how it translates into Westron / English.
And really, if you're going to complain about the names in LotR, why not start with the Shire's Brandywine River? It's not even a literal translation, it's a corruption of Baranduin ("Yellow River"). Sheesh.
This is of course completely wrong-headed. As everyone knows, the mountain's name in Elvish was Orodruin ("Fiery Mountain") or Amon Amarth ("Mountain of Fate"). "Mount Doom" is just how it translates into Westron / English.
And really, if you're going to complain about the names in LotR, why not start with the Shire's Brandywine River? It's not even a literal translation, it's a corruption of Baranduin ("Yellow River"). Sheesh.
