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[mimi_sardinia]

• Mon, 15:53: Dear Hobbit Fandom, I thank you for making the word "Aglet" relevant to my interests.

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[mandraco.livejournal.com]

A-G-L-E-T Don't forget it! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSlBiAFucRY)

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Now it just needs to be spread around the Hobbit fandom more, as a reasonable name for those pretty metal decorations on the end of dwarf braids that fanfiction loves using as courting gifts.

[mandraco.livejournal.com]

Surely those things have an actual name...

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Nothing definitive. I've seen various hair decorations referred to as "beads" and "clasps", but at least for ones at the ends of braids I think "aglets" is a damn good word.

[mandraco.livejournal.com]

Also, I find the word aglet is kind of pretty and should perhaps be used for something nicer than shoelaces. =)

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think dwarf braids are nice, especially if the dwarves in question are good-looking.