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Old 08-31-2002, 12:27 AM   #1
Kettle of fish
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Join Date: May 2002
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Kettle of fish has just left Hobbiton.
Pipe At the entrance to the mines

I've always wondered, if Moria was a dwarven stronghold, and with the general enmity between the elves and the dwarves - why did Gandalf have to say 'friend' in Elvish to open the doors. Shouldn't it have been in Dwarvish?
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