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Forum: The Books
06-12-2025, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 21,366
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Huinesoron
But going straight back to Appendix E, is it Old...
But going straight back to Appendix E, is it Old English or modernised Old English? The note at the end of part II starts: The sounds he names are from the Old English "translated" forms:... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
06-04-2025, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 319
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Huinesoron
I've certainly assumed it was the "guests" (bots...
I've certainly assumed it was the "guests" (bots and/or crawlers) causing the issue. Right now there are ~4800 guests on the Downs, plus me; typically over the past few weeks this has been 6000+. ... |
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Forum: The Books
06-02-2025, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 21,366
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Huinesoron
We watched the entire trilogy a week ago; the...
We watched the entire trilogy a week ago; the movies are 100% consistent on "Eye-zen-guard" (to within the limits of people's accents). Presumably, since the previous LotR movie couldn't decide... |
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Forum: The Books
05-16-2025, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 106,842
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Okay, by going through NoME line by line I think...
Okay, by going through NoME line by line I think I can piece the Finweans back together. Relevant sources, from newest to oldest: Silvan Elves & Elvish: 8496 SY in Aman. Shibboleth: Miriel... |
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Forum: The Books
05-14-2025, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 106,842
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Unfortunately that goes against Tolkien's...
Unfortunately that goes against Tolkien's thinking; in XVII.3(1) (his last comment on the matter) he specifically says that the Eldar married sooner in Aman. I think we have so little data on the... |
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Forum: The Books
05-14-2025, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 106,842
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Huinesoron
Tolkien's last comment touching on the aging of...
Tolkien's last comment touching on the aging of the Eldar in Aman is from NoME 1.XVIII (1965): "Elvish ages must be counted in two different stages: growth-years (GY) and life-years (LY). The GYs... |
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Forum: The Books
05-14-2025, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 106,842
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As Arvegil says, the good news for the Late...
As Arvegil says, the good news for the Late Timeline is that it's explicitly using Tolkien's latest (written) thoughts. So until a new text appears, this Timeline has place 9258 years between the... |
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Forum: The Books
05-13-2025, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 106,842
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Huinesoron
Oh dear. XD
Linking the Ages discussion...
Oh dear. XD Linking the Ages discussion (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=19474) and my Late Timeline... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-14-2025, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Huinesoron
I've been trying to shake off the obvious option,...
I've been trying to shake off the obvious option, but it's still rattling round my head, so: are you Beleg Cuthalion, hassling Turin in Mim's cave after he kicked himself out of Doriath? Or, and... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-04-2025, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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That is entirely correct. :D Either the third or...
That is entirely correct. :D Either the third or the fifth would be the right answer. Over to you! hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-04-2025, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Interesting; does it fit, and can you answer the...
Interesting; does it fit, and can you answer the question? hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-04-2025, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Huinesoron
Still a long way off track.
Like the last...
Still a long way off track. Like the last few, this is a specific passage - actually a specific poem. Even more specifically, it's the opening of a poem we never hear in full. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-02-2025, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Huinesoron
Okay I really like this but it is very wrong.
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Okay I really like this but it is very wrong. This is also wrong: there are five. Or four. Or, arguably, 16/17, but we're not doing that. :D Again, I LOVE this but it's wildly... |
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Forum: The Books
03-24-2025, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 21,366
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Huinesoron
I think you're right? One of the bits I elided...
I think you're right? One of the bits I elided was Tolkien saying, of "modernized" forms (of "Northern" forms which are standing in for Rohirric; I think "Northern" means "Old English" in this case),... |
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Forum: The Books
03-24-2025, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 21,366
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Huinesoron
Thankfully you are correct; the first two...
Thankfully you are correct; the first two sentences of Appendix E say "The Westron or Common Speech has been entirely translated into English equivalents. All Hobbit names and [Hobbit] special words... |
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Forum: The Books
03-23-2025, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 21,366
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Huinesoron
I would guess the source is the first part of...
I would guess the source is the first part of Appendix E, which states that the letter "i" represents the sound in "machine". The section's mostly about the Elvish languages, but there's a note that... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-21-2025, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Oh no, yeah, in his last years Tolkien did a...
Oh no, yeah, in his last years Tolkien did a complete 180 on this, he changed a bunch of Silm stuff to be explicitly anti-England. The most obvious was Angband > England, but we also have Gothmog >... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-18-2025, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Huinesoron
Aha, and it really is:
Hardang,...
Aha, and it really is: Hardang, Chieftain of Brethil, to Asgon and his men. It must be especially bitter for them, given that Asgon's last words to Turin were telling him to go away and never... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-17-2025, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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This is very frustrating, because I feel like...
This is very frustrating, because I feel like it's lurking just below the level of memory. I can so nearly feel it. A wandering father ("finds his way") will always make me think of Hurin, but I... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-14-2025, 03:31 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Huinesoron
Okay, so stanza 1:
...the flowers may rise...
Okay, so stanza 1: ...the flowers may rise in Spring, the trees may bud... and swaying beeches... Up, up he went. ... At last, weary and feeling finally defeated... Hard and cruel and bitter... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-12-2025, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Huinesoron
Well my thoughts are all over the place. :D
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Well my thoughts are all over the place. :D First off, fantastic filking job; I'm mentally singing it to the Tolkien Ensemble version. ^_^ Stanzas two and three make me think Beren... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-07-2025, 03:34 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Huinesoron
The answer is indeed ELMS.
At the first we...
The answer is indeed ELMS. At the first we stood high on the slopes, Watching waiting as the wanderer climbed. Eriol approaches Kortirion, in what is arguably the third paragraph of the... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-05-2025, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Ents remains the best guess. And there is a very...
Ents remains the best guess. And there is a very strong Ent connection with couplet 3. That is 100% correct. "Held" is pretty literal, though specific to one version of the tale (the original... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-04-2025, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Huinesoron
As you said, it's not. :)
No to any of...
As you said, it's not. :) No to any of those. Correct, at least in that line. |
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Forum: Quiz Room
02-13-2025, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,180,414
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Huinesoron
Sorry, I somehow missed this completely. Nothing...
Sorry, I somehow missed this completely. Nothing to do with horses. You got closest with "Ents", which is the right length and has two of the letters right (of which one is the plural -s :D). The... |
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