Layout testing

[valiha]

I'm going to test a few styles from ruthenia-alba on Livejournal, so don't be surprised if my journal looks a bit wonky for the time being.

Comments

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Wow this is rather unique..........
So what does:
Ostiant Or Chalenduin
mean????

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

Thank you - though it's not my doing, it's all the work of ruthenia-alba; I just combined two of her layouts! :) (Though I will have to change the background and font color for replies - this green is to much.)

Ostiant or Chalenduin means Bridge-Town on the Green-River, or my home town of Mostar. The phrase is in Tolkien's Elvish language of Sindarin, and I worked it out while I was active on an Elvish mailing list. If I remember correctly, ost means bridge, iant is old, calen is green, and duin means "great/large river". or means "on the", and causes lenition, or soft mutation of certain letters in the following word. It is a language modeled on Welsh, and it has many of its features.

The reason i chose this as a translation of my home town's name is that Mostar is famous for its bridges, particularly the Old Bridge, which is listed as one of the cultural sites of UNESCO. The name derives from Bosnia word most, which means "bridge", and suffix -ar, which denotes person doing an action. Mostari (plural) were the bridge-keepers.

(Bet you didn't really want to know all this, did you? :D)

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Tolkien and the Sindarin language, here is my name:

Órelindë Elendil

I love the look of it.
I ought to start using that again..........For awhile I did
:-)

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

That's Quenya - another Elvish language, but this time based on Finnish. If I remember correctly. ore means "heart" or "inner mind", and linde is song. Elendil means "Elf-friend", and it was also the name of one of Aragorn's ancestors (he was Isildur's father). So all in all, a very nice name!

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

When I was reading a lot in LOTR, it was my signature
I love the look of it...............I found it on a site where they
translate your name into elf language
I haven't a clue if it is close, but so what? It is nice anyway.
:-)

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

Probably not, because those sites tend to just go through a database of preexisting names and assign you one. They usually have no relation to the actual meaning of your name, if there's one. Not all names in all the cultures of the world mean something. But people in that case can choose to make a translation of a trait about themselves they like, or they can choose a name they think will suit them or that they like. In any case, it's what you choose for yourself that matters, and that's a really lovely name.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Yes of course you are entirely correct, but I loved their 'translation' of my name so
I kept it.

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

I forgot to say that the river in question is Neretva, emerald green in color:

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

oh my word. That just screams 'peaceful' doesn't it??
**sighs**

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

It does, doesn't it? It's taken from one of the old-fashioned houses on the river bank that sre open to tourists.