The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Do you have a guess, Inanna?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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I forgot to look it up yesterday . If anyone else has an idea, please go ahead.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Okay, I found it, but only because of Inanna's guesses. Do you want to go for it, Inanna?
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Go for it Jude. I'm out of the house. And I Forgot (again)
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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"Either you help me to look for him, or I go and leave you here to get out of the mess as best as you can yourselves."
This is after they escaped from the goblins, and then realized that Bilbo wasn't with them.
This is after they escaped from the goblins, and then realized that Bilbo wasn't with them.
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It actually included the previous sentence as well: "I brought him, and I don't bring things that are of no use." How it got from that long sentences to the two short ones I can't even imagine.
Your turn.
Your turn.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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New one:
Well, a friend of the young master of the Underhill must stop my little story.
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Is it in Bree? Spoken about Gandalf?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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It's in Bree...
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Aragorn? Or one of the Bree hobbits.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Are you talking about the speaker, or the subject?
Hidden text.
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Was talking about the Speaker, thanks.
I really need to get The Hobbit for my kindle. Else I will forget to look up this exact quote too.
I really need to get The Hobbit for my kindle. Else I will forget to look up this exact quote too.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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There should be enough clues now to narrow it down, but is another hint needed?
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Well, Master Underhill, if I were you, I should stop your friends from talking too much.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Correct! Your turn.
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Here you go:
I am all the poor girl to go abroad. She wasn't. Even though she has spoken.
I am all the poor girl to go abroad. She wasn't. Even though she has spoken.
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Hint needed? It's from the Lord of the Rings. The meaning is totally mangled, but some key words remain.
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Is it Sam to Frodo: "‘It seems she didn’t like my going abroad at all, poor lass; but as I hadn’t spoken, she couldn’t say so."
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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You got it. Your turn.
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Sam! have a chance of getting the United States to escape the Wolf in his house.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."