The Tolkien Translation Game!
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On Weathertop?
'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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Ooh is it Gandalf putting the ring in the fire at Bag End?
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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Sometime between those two guesses.
To bring it to the new page:
To bring it to the new page:
Wait! They might do something with the fire!
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In the Old Forest?
'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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Sam saying to Frodo in the Old Forest:
“Wait a minute! We might do something with fire”
When Merry and Pippin are trapped inside Old Man Willow.
“Wait a minute! We might do something with fire”
When Merry and Pippin are trapped inside Old Man Willow.
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Time for a new one?
"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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Ahem!
"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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Oops! Here you go:
“So I have to get on a plane.”
“So I have to get on a plane.”
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I'm gonna guess that "plane" is not in the original!
Is it a reference to eagles?
Is it a reference to eagles?
"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 know, I told Irika, everyone’s first thought is going to be the eagles!
And their first thought will be wrong.
And their first thought will be wrong.
'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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Is it something like "I must make it plain"?
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No, it’s not “sounds like plane”.
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No. Think of other words you would use if you were actually intending to get on a plane.
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Is it said by a Hobbit?
"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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Yes, to V; No, to Jude.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude