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Old 06-19-2007, 11:43 PM   #1
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Old 06-21-2007, 05:09 PM   #2
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Old 06-22-2007, 10:25 AM   #3
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That's Bill Farney to the Hobbits, about Aragorn, when they are leaving Bree.

"I suppose you know who you've taken up with? That's Stick-at-naught Strider, that is!"
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That's Bill Farney to the Hobbits, about Aragorn, when they are leaving Bree.

"I suppose you know who you've taken up with? That's Stick-at-naught Strider, that is!"
You are right, It was Bill Ferney. And it is spelled 'nought' in the book, by the way, which is a variation of 'naught' (at least in the worn out 1978 Ballantine paperback edition I have on my desk -- too lazy to go look through my hardbound editions atm).
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Old 06-25-2007, 07:25 AM   #5
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(Sorry I misspelled Bill, and yes, in my Harper Collins copy it's spelled "naught".)

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(btw, your signature fits this thread nicely, Morthoron! )
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Old 06-26-2007, 09:22 PM   #6
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Thank you!
(Sorry I misspelled Bill, and yes, in my Harper Collins copy it's spelled "naught".)

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...numbskulls!
(btw, your signature fits this thread nicely, Morthoron! )
*The Dark Elf bows*

I referred to two hardbound copies I have (one published by Allen and Unwin, and the other by HarperCollins), and each have the spelling as 'naught'. Only the Ballantine paperback version has the spelling as 'nought'. Someone did not do a proper proofreading job!

Anyway, the quote you offer is found here:

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"'Rope!' cried Sam, talking wildly to himself in his excitement and
relief. 'Well, if I don't deserve to be hung on the end of one as a
warning to numbskulls! You're nowt but a ninnyhammer, Sam Gamgee: that's
what the Gaffer said to me often enough, it being a word of his. Rope!''
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Old 06-27-2007, 05:40 AM   #7
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Exactly!
That was probably too easy for you, Morthoron !
(And we can't use "ninnyhammer" here anymore now )
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