I just finished re-reading secret history and was thinking about the gods and their names. Odiums name seemed to not fit with the others as well. I got to thinking about the letters and my mind accidentally realized something:
Odium - Hoid = um h
U is the 21st letter of the alphabet. M is the 13th. H is the 8th.
21 - 13 = 8
Are hoid and odium connected in some way? Hoid does refer to odium as an “old acquaintance” in stormlight archive which could be a cryptic way of saying he lost himself somehow.
Could there be a much deeper meaning to the quote “Isn't it odd that gibberish words are often the sounds of other words, cut up and dismembered, then stitched into something like them”.
Coincidence? Am I grasping at straws? The coincidence feels too perfect to me.