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Forum: The Movies Yesterday, 01:16 PM
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Posted By Huinesoron
I'm here, and by Ranuin it's been less than a...

I'm here, and by Ranuin it's been less than a month! I've just sung the progress to myself and it's lovely. *And* it's nearly finished right? ... right? :D Cripes this is a long song. I like the idea...
Forum: Quiz Room 02-16-2024, 02:48 PM
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Views: 640,706
Posted By Huinesoron
Oh, then you're probably Nargothrond. Unless...

Oh, then you're probably Nargothrond. Unless you're Brethil, or Mim's house, or that one part of Dor-lomin, or literally any other place Turin ever got within shouting distance of. But probably...
Forum: The Books 02-14-2024, 04:07 PM
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Views: 8,008
Posted By Huinesoron
Sorry, yes, that's what I meant. :D I'm not sure...

Sorry, yes, that's what I meant. :D I'm not sure when CoH was written exactly, but I've seen a couple.of places where CT implies it was early to mid 50s - so before the 1958 edits.

hS
Forum: The Books 02-13-2024, 04:38 AM
Replies: 16
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Posted By Huinesoron
(The second line is a couple of paragraphs later;...

(The second line is a couple of paragraphs later; it's unclear how much of the conversation Finduilas is supposed to have spoken truly in.)

Could 'some far day' indicate the time no more than a...
Forum: The Books 02-13-2024, 04:31 AM
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Posted By Huinesoron
Bouncing in again to add a potential Dagorath...

Bouncing in again to add a potential Dagorath text: as identified here by Arvegil145 (https://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=738666#post738659), Finduilas may make reference to it in The...
Forum: The Movies 01-24-2024, 03:57 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 15,976
Posted By Huinesoron
Goodness, is it April 1st already? :D There...

Goodness, is it April 1st already? :D

There are snippets in there that sound plausible (I can see "Sauron shows up disguised as Celeborn" as a plotline), but most of it is just way too out there....
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 01-17-2024, 05:45 AM
Replies: 242
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Posted By Huinesoron
I just got halfway through writing a post on this...

I just got halfway through writing a post on this letter over in Books, and then read it more carefully and had to scrap it: there's a headnote directly above what Arvegil posted which reads "[*...
Forum: The Movies 01-16-2024, 01:00 PM
Replies: 637
Views: 2,787,478
Posted By Huinesoron
Do you fear death and what's to come...? All...

Do you fear death and what's to come...?
All that is left to me is song!

Dropping in very quickly to say I have some new birthday headphones, and needed a way to test them, soooo:

"Prison...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 01-16-2024, 10:20 AM
Replies: 4,512
Views: 921,803
Posted By Huinesoron
Thank you both! Another year on the Downs, who'd...

Thank you both! Another year on the Downs, who'd have thought?

hS
Forum: Quiz Room 01-15-2024, 10:39 AM
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Posted By Huinesoron
A: after you, L! Er, AFTERYULE. N: CT...

A: after you, L! Er, AFTERYULE.

N: CT lectured at New College, so probably "New Something". "Logic dawns at the end of an age"... I'm stumped, but I'm gonna stab at NEW RECKONING (different from...
Forum: The Books 01-10-2024, 05:46 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,477
Posted By Huinesoron
I also got the NuLetters for Christmas, and...

I also got the NuLetters for Christmas, and wanted to take a look at the letter mentioned in the article Bethberry linked. I don't think the article gives the number, but it's 38a.

What seems to...
Forum: The Movies 01-06-2024, 05:57 PM
Replies: 637
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Posted By Huinesoron
Oh, hmm, I forgot the Straight Road. That's at...

Oh, hmm, I forgot the Straight Road. That's at least a possible other meaning.



"Dawn brands my shoulder, burning bright"?



Well now it does. :D Google says "Only the faithful stand...
Forum: The Movies 01-05-2024, 05:15 PM
Replies: 637
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Posted By Huinesoron
I had a listen and sing through earlier and I...

I had a listen and sing through earlier and I think it's good! I think how you've got the "about" line works; Celebestel and I disagree on whether it sings most naturally as "aaaaaa-bout" or...
Forum: Quiz Room 01-03-2024, 07:15 PM
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Posted By Huinesoron
Winter filth. :D Oh wait, dogblammit, that's...

Winter filth. :D

Oh wait, dogblammit, that's an actual Hobbit month, isn't it? WINTERFILTH, then.

hS
Forum: Quiz Room 01-03-2024, 10:30 AM
Replies: 12,678
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Posted By Huinesoron
Some answers, and many thoughts: 1/...

Some answers, and many thoughts:

1/ Christopher Tolkien studied at Trinity College.

3/ I reckon this is "Winter's [Something]", probably a quote from LotR, possibly similar to "Winter's End".
...
Forum: The Books 01-03-2024, 08:59 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 7,920
Posted By Huinesoron
One fun part of this is that the entire "sequel"...

One fun part of this is that the entire "sequel" got submitted as evidence... which makes it publically accessible. :D Here...
Forum: Quiz Room 01-02-2024, 03:17 PM
Replies: 12,678
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Posted By Huinesoron
2 could be EREGION - the Land of Holly. hS

2 could be EREGION - the Land of Holly.

hS
Forum: Quiz Room 12-28-2023, 05:18 PM
Replies: 12,678
Views: 1,206,982
Posted By Huinesoron
Correct and correct! CHILDREN - The...

Correct and correct!

CHILDREN - The cold-sounding ones to whom letters are sent
HOPE - Estel's name translated that after 'old' went
RHIW - A Sindarin season or village in Wales
IMLADRIS -...
Forum: Quiz Room 12-27-2023, 03:31 PM
Replies: 12,678
Views: 1,206,982
Posted By Huinesoron
You're assuming a lot about my ability to keep...

You're assuming a lot about my ability to keep track of the day. :D No.

What day is Yule? What *makes* it Yule, and is a synonym for "Heart -- Cold"?

hS
Forum: Quiz Room 12-27-2023, 07:08 AM
Replies: 12,678
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Posted By Huinesoron
Nope. The clue is in two parts: "the Undying...

Nope. The clue is in two parts: "the Undying Lands | are unnoted".



Nope. Again, the clue is in two parts: "the heart of the cold = the name of the day".

hS
Forum: Quiz Room 12-26-2023, 05:02 PM
Replies: 12,678
Views: 1,206,982
Posted By Huinesoron
That's a very nice chain of logic, but I'm...

That's a very nice chain of logic, but I'm afraid:



The answer was just a cold pun. :D

CHILDREN - The cold-sounding ones to whom letters are sent
HOPE - Estel's name translated that after...
Forum: Quiz Room 12-25-2023, 01:28 PM
Replies: 12,678
Views: 1,206,982
Posted By Huinesoron
So they did. Off you go, lads; take a left at...

So they did. Off you go, lads; take a left at Caradhras and it'll lead you straight to it.

1. C - The cold-sounding ones to whom letters are sent
HOPE - Estel's name translated that after 'old'...
Forum: The Books 12-25-2023, 08:14 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 988
Posted By Huinesoron
NoME 1.XIII agrees with this, baldly calling the...

NoME 1.XIII agrees with this, baldly calling the year the Quendi awoke "First Age 1". Of course, NoME 1.VII refers to the same count as "Awakening Years" (AY), but by and large NoME calls the whole...
Forum: The Books 12-24-2023, 06:28 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 988
Posted By Huinesoron
Aside from being influenced by people who did it...

Aside from being influenced by people who did it earlier (I wrote fanfic, which drew from other fanfic writers), I think people just like consistency. Insofar as the Beleriand years are numbered at...
Forum: Quiz Room 12-24-2023, 05:39 PM
Replies: 12,678
Views: 1,206,982
Posted By Huinesoron
1: no, and I don't know how you got there. ...

1: no, and I don't know how you got there.

4: close, but add a bit (hence "starting").

hS
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