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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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Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:37:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > > 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.
> > 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).
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> FWIW, the American Heritage Dictionary says the root for ogre is from the
> Latin orcus, god of the underworld...huh. Now I gotta dig up the resource
> where I got my idea, I vaguely remember this being mentioned.
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
Yup, that seems to ring a bell. Anyway, the word "Orc" couldn't really be
protected under trademark laws (at least in this country).
Bruce
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