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by jhbadger 960 days ago
It depends if you've read The Silmarillion or not. Pretty much all the obscure Tolkien characters are from that and had no problem recognizing them. Also, they included accent marks on some of the names which is a dead give away (I can't think of any drug name that uses those). Still, if your exposure to Tolkien is just LOTR, I could see how this could be difficult.
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> Also, they included accent marks on some of the names which is a dead give away (I can't think of any drug name that uses those).

There actually was one, Clédial. It caught me out because I was thinking the same thing.