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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Gamgee #121544 01/29/2004 12:40 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland hibernicus journeyman hibernicus journeyman Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland Reading about "gamboge" I got to thinking about "gamgee" as in the name of the hobbit Sam Gamgee. In a note in the very last page of the Appendices to LOTR, Tolkien says of the name Gamgee that no reference to the name "Cotton" was intended. So I looked it up, and it turns out "Gamgee-tissue" is an absorbent cotton-wool for dressing wounds, and takes its name from one "S. Gamgee" (1828-86)! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gamgee #121545 01/29/2004 12:48 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Neat. There's a little more here: http://fan.theonering.net/lasselanta/mirth/trivia.shtml Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gamgee #121546 01/29/2004 1:05 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Thanks for the link, jheem. It's just a pity that the link to a "millionaire" quiz about LotR wasn't for real. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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