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Re: Plagarism in Fantasy Novels? (was Re: Harry Potter?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:56:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > Orc is derived from Ogre, which is why you see fantasy games can get away
> > with refering to orcs, but never Hobbits.
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> I thought the word "orc" is derived from the workers around an orc-pile,
> i.e. a pile of dead bodies, as referred to in Beowulf.
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
That would seem logical, especially since Tolkien was a Beowulf scholar, but
the attributions I have read specifically say it derives from ogre (or was
it ogre actually derives from orc - dang, I don't remember).
Bruce
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