The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Neither.
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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Yes.
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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I feel I know this quote, or at least I know the gist of it - I think it ends something like "you will not find us unprepared".
But if anyone finds it before I do, feel free to jump in...
But if anyone finds it before I do, feel free to jump in...
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Wrong tense. 
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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What?Frelga wrote:Wrong tense.
'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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Jude's guess was in a wrong grammatical tense.
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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Which means it was something like "you did not find us unprepared" or "you do no find us unprepared".
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Yes.
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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Unless I missed it while skimming, this quote is after Helm's Deep - correct?
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Yes.
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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Here we go - spoken quite a lot later than my original guess:
Spoken to Hirgon just before the Muster of Rohan.For we are already at war, as you may have seen, and you do not find us all unprepared.
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That's the one.
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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Translationparty is down, so I used Google Translate:
This is an important question for both of us. You may be listening to something in your favour.
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You Sound quite Royal, Jude.
'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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Depends on the Subject?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude