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Pervinca Took · 06-08-2019, 12:58 AM

Exactly right, Nerwen, and well done Urwen for guessing it was one of Bilbo's gifts 'speaking.'

A 'pen and ink' is indeed Cockney slang for a stink, but that wasn't Bilbo's meaning; nor would such a meaning be known in the Shire, as far as I know. (Maybe more Shagrat and Gorbag's style?)

And a pen and ink bottle could, as Nerwen said, be used to write further messages.

I never thought, though, to get such a different interpretation as Celebrimbor on a pole! That was an eye-opener!

06-08-2019, 12:58 AM	#2744
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Exactly right, Nerwen, and well done Urwen for guessing it was one of Bilbo's gifts 'speaking.' A 'pen and ink' is indeed Cockney slang for a stink, but that wasn't Bilbo's meaning; nor would such a meaning be known in the Shire, as far as I know. (Maybe more Shagrat and Gorbag's style?) And a pen and ink bottle could, as Nerwen said, be used to write further messages. I never thought, though, to get such a different interpretation as Celebrimbor on a pole! That was an eye-opener! __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 06-08-2019 at 01:35 AM.