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Forum: Quiz Room
04-14-2025, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,161,978
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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: 1,161,978
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Huinesoron
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: 1,161,978
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Huinesoron
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: 1,161,978
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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: 1,161,978
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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: 10
Views: 19,309
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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: 10
Views: 19,309
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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: 10
Views: 19,309
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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: 1,161,978
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Huinesoron
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: 1,161,978
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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: 1,161,978
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Huinesoron
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: 1,161,978
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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: 1,161,978
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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: 1,161,978
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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: 1,161,978
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Huinesoron
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: 1,161,978
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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: 1,161,978
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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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Forum: The Books
02-12-2025, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,781
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Huinesoron
You can probably guess my attitude to this: we...
You can probably guess my attitude to this: we should absolutely accept both of them! :D:D:D Gilitīro is probably the most solid: was there a time when Celeborn was a Teler who was not the... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
01-17-2025, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 4,620
Views: 1,334,852
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Huinesoron
Thank you! It's been a while since we went "I bet...
Thank you! It's been a while since we went "I bet we could make that one song rhyme in English", hasn't it? :D hS |
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Forum: The Books
01-17-2025, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 104
Views: 102,866
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Huinesoron
I don't think so; nothing new has come up, and...
I don't think so; nothing new has come up, and the Late Timeline (https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vRKyl4K-vLPhenMK8CWIP32so3XtFCHlsWKN3fNfKgdcvT4bwnDa2tt0YzFPyot-pHoIhbxiG5ZVUE2/pub)... |
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Forum: The Books
01-02-2025, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,625
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Huinesoron
Faroe and Iceland respectively, on the Saxon...
Faroe and Iceland respectively, on the Saxon Cross map. (Iceland in particular is hard not to see as a match.) Apropos my statement that "you can't trust the maps", Aragorn actually says as much:... |
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Forum: The Books
01-02-2025, 05:26 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,625
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Huinesoron
I love a good map, and this is a fascinating...
I love a good map, and this is a fascinating work. For quick reference, the Saxon Cross mapwork is split across four posts: How Tolkien Disguised Ice-Age Europe as Middle-Earth... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
01-01-2025, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,260
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Huinesoron
Happy New Year! May you not have to carry any...
Happy New Year! May you not have to carry any evil jewellery anywhere, volcano or otherwise. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-15-2024, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,161,978
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Huinesoron
Quickbeam might have made someone else think of...
Quickbeam might have made someone else think of that incident, except that the wrong Hobbits were in Fangorn. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-15-2024, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,161,978
Posted By
Huinesoron
Technically you're closer, but I don't think...
Technically you're closer, but I don't think you're going to find the answer by just listing off species. :) Share your thinking and I will offer hints. hS |
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