The Tolkien Translation Game!

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Yes, exactly.

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To bring it to the new page:
Old Tuk lives there every year and says his room is old and embarrassing.
Is another hint needed?
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So, is it during Bilbo's speech on his 131st Bday?
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Did you mean his 111th birthday? If so, then the quote was a few years later.
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Oh, crap yes. 111th. Ok, but the quote relates to Bilbo surpassing the Old Took in age?
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No, Bilbo wasn't present when it was spoken.

Edit: I just realized that if you're referring to Bilbo surpassing the Old Took, then you're right about it being the 131st birthday, and therefore, the quote was spoken a few years earlier.
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But your first response was correct, because I did mean the 111th Party, but got confused.
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In any case, we've narrowed it down to twenty years :D
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Any more hints needed to narrow it down to even fewer years?
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I would suggest giving the volume, cause I was thinking entirely the wrong place.
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Is it spoken by a Hobbit?
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Yes to Innana,

It's from The Two Towers.
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Even more precise: it's from Book III (which eliminates Frodo and Sam).
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Is it said in Isengard?
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No, the speaker has not yet been to Isengard.
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Ok; so either Merry or Pippin, and before Isengard....so likely in Fangorn.

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You're on the right track!
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Pippin to Merry:

"They say the Old Took lived in it year after year, while he and the old room got older and shabbier together - and it has never been changed since he died, a century ago."
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That's the one!
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Very close to the original:
Yes, certainly. Faster is better. Don't be too kind!
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