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The Might · 03-28-2008, 09:43 AM

I hate to take it away from you Lommy but you must realise it was one Google away from you.

Take it, Nerwen!

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-28-2008, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Might

I hate to take it away from you Lommy but you must realise it was one Google away from you.

Just a note to this: not sure what Lommy was thinking, but I think using just one's own wisdom (or "wisdom"

) is better and ultimately, more interesting if nothing else (just look now - she wouldn't have written this funny former post had she looked it up in the first place

).

Nerwen · 03-28-2008, 09:07 PM

Ahem. Google = cheating.

What battle was named after something that was named after it?

Thinlómien · 03-29-2008, 06:41 AM

Well, yes, Miggy, I knew I could have googled it or even looked it from the books, but I thought it fairer to go by what I remembered. Anyway, I do not mean that it was wrong to give the thread to Nerwen in any way since she knew it and obviously the name itself was the difficult part of the question, not realising what you were talking about. (By the way, I had a slight and eerie hunch that Nerwen will come to the thread and post the actual name of the battle and just see what happened...

)

Anyway, no, I have absolutely no clue what Nerwen is talking about right now

but I might as well guess. The Battle of the Five Armies*, mayhaps? In a way it would fit the description, but it sounds a little far-fetched...

*see, at least I knew this one's name and didn't say something like "The Battle at the end of TH"

Nerwen · 03-29-2008, 06:56 AM

Sorry, it is not the Battle of Five Armies.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-29-2008, 07:29 AM

I don't know... something like... Battle of Nanduhirion, eh?

Nerwen · 03-29-2008, 07:57 AM

No. Nothing like Battle of Nanduhirion.

Clue: think about etymology.

03-28-2008, 09:43 AM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I hate to take it away from you Lommy but you must realise it was one Google away from you. Take it, Nerwen! __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-28-2008, 09:07 PM	#3
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Ahem. Google = cheating. What battle was named after something that was named after it? __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

03-29-2008, 06:41 AM	#4
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Well, yes, Miggy, I knew I could have googled it or even looked it from the books, but I thought it fairer to go by what I remembered. Anyway, I do not mean that it was wrong to give the thread to Nerwen in any way since she knew it and obviously the name itself was the difficult part of the question, not realising what you were talking about. (By the way, I had a slight and eerie hunch that Nerwen will come to the thread and post the actual name of the battle and just see what happened... ) Anyway, no, I have absolutely no clue what Nerwen is talking about right now but I might as well guess. The Battle of the Five Armies, mayhaps? In a way it would fit the description, but it sounds a little far-fetched... see, at least I knew this one's name and didn't say something like "The Battle at the end of TH" __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-29-2008, 06:56 AM	#5
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Sorry, it is not the Battle of Five Armies. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

03-29-2008, 07:29 AM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	I don't know... something like... Battle of Nanduhirion, eh? __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

03-29-2008, 07:57 AM	#7
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	No. Nothing like Battle of Nanduhirion. Clue: think about etymology. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.