"Wingless silent scream and dance bites, tweeted that glimpse of Mita watered down."
I'm not sure where "Mita" came from, or indeed what it means.
The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Wow. 
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Tweeted???
'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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That's what I thought
Probably the best way to narrow this one down is to make a guess, and I can respond with "after" or "before"...
Probably the best way to narrow this one down is to make a guess, and I can respond with "after" or "before"...
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The riddle game?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Oooh. Great one, Frelga.
'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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Impressive, Frelga! It looks like "mouthless" somehow morphed into "Mita" and "toothless" became "tweeted". Weird.
"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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My next guess was going to be that this was a quote from an AU where Bilbo and Gollum go on to found Middle-earth's first social network.
Next quote.
These things was the old capital punishment. Well now that your destiny is great.
Next quote.
These things was the old capital punishment. Well now that your destiny is great.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Why do so many of these sound like Trump tweets?
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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The failing Translation Party is rigged. Sad!
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Oh good. I thought it was just my bias.Primula Baggins wrote:Why do so many of these sound like Trump tweets?
'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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Well, I'll just take a wild guess - spoken during Gandalf's return to Bag End after several years' absence?
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Not Gandalf. Not Bag End.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Later
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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Later
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!