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Mithalwen · 01-06-2013, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

No, not him.

Hint: the note is from the do-re-mi system.

Ah well I never learnt solfege bot I did watch the sound of music over Christmas. ?.pondering...

Mithalwen · 01-06-2013, 05:29 PM

Ooooh is it Miriel? MI a name I call myseld, then a reel ia a dancr and you switch one -I- for an e forveast you get the most significant deceased parent innthe legendarium.

Galadriel55 · 01-06-2013, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Ooooh is it Miriel? MI a name I call myseld, then a reel ia a dancr and you switch one -I- for an e forveast you get the most significant deceased parent innthe legendarium.

That's the one. Just about the only remarkable thing she's done in her life is give birth to Feanor, and then caused trouble by not coming back from the dead...

Mithalwen · 01-06-2013, 05:40 PM

She sewed nicely. Oh dear now I have to think of something.

Mithalwen · 01-07-2013, 05:50 AM

Dear signora arranged brittle fragment to form heartless feature.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 01-07-2013, 07:37 AM

Caradhras

Cara is roughly Italian for 'dear' and the rest is an anagram of shard, the whole being heartlessly cruel.

Mithalwen · 01-07-2013, 08:03 AM

Yes cara is Italian for dear when referencing a woman hence signora. So over to you Squatter.

01-06-2013, 05:29 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Ooooh is it Miriel? MI a name I call myseld, then a reel ia a dancr and you switch one -I- for an e forveast you get the most significant deceased parent innthe legendarium. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-06-2013, 05:40 PM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	She sewed nicely. Oh dear now I have to think of something. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-07-2013, 05:50 AM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Dear signora arranged brittle fragment to form heartless feature. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-07-2013, 07:37 AM	#6
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Caradhras Cara is roughly Italian for 'dear' and the rest is an anagram of shard, the whole being heartlessly cruel. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

01-07-2013, 08:03 AM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Yes cara is Italian for dear when referencing a woman hence signora. So over to you Squatter. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace