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Pervinca Took · 02-23-2018, 08:40 AM

Nan Elmoth - sodium is squashy; so is mithril when it's mined? (Na).

Or is there a Taur-na-neldor or something, putting sodium in the middle?

Huinesoron · 02-23-2018, 08:47 AM

I... am currently imagining a vest of sodium chainmail. The best case scenario is that it rapidly oxidises to turn a sort of mucky white colour. The worst case scenario is that it rains, your armour melts, giving off hydrogen, and then someone lights a match.

Anyway, it's not sodium. But it is a metal that's already been mentioned (amazing though the mental images would be once you got round to plutonium and mercury...).

The straight clue is also a rough translation of the place name (though admittedly very rough).

hS

Pervinca Took · 02-23-2018, 09:04 AM

*Throws 'Ag' in as part of team-work.*

Huinesoron · 02-23-2018, 09:09 AM

I said 'not silver' in #3293 (after 'Silverlode' came up).

Metals which have been mentioned and which I have not specifically rejected:

-Fe (iron, steel - I didn't quite reject it).
-Au (gold - I mentioned it, so this could be me being sneaky).
-Ti (titanium)
-Cr (chromium)
-Hs (hassium - what, that's not what you meant?

)
-Al (aluminium)

hS (but not Hs, which is radioactive and has a half-life of ten seconds; do not try and make armour out of this)

Pervinca Took · 02-23-2018, 10:20 AM

The YALE in the Shire? (Contains Al).

Huinesoron · 02-23-2018, 10:33 AM

Still the wrong landmass.

This place-name does not appear on any map in LotR, and I'm nearly sure it doesn't appear on any map drawn by the Tolkiens. It does show up on at least one page of the Karen Wynn Fonstad atlas, though (and searching for the correct landmass pulls the relevant map up in the first dozen Google hits).

hS

Galadriel55 · 02-23-2018, 05:34 PM

For #7, I'm spinning versions of SO-(Y). Pathetic = sorry and wet = soggy both have that in common. But soy sauce is not exactly in miruvor's league and I can't come up with another legible combination. Thoughts? Any drinks that have SO?

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Originally Posted by Huinesoron

-Fe (iron, steel - I didn't quite reject it).

As someone whose knowledge of chemistry is largely organism-based, my first reaction to this was to suggest heme iron, which is absorbed better than iron salts and causes fewer gastrointestinal side effects.

To each their own textbooks.

Pervinca Took · 02-23-2018, 06:21 PM

6. Kortirion?

Ti + rion (small version of region).

Can't account for Kor or double gates.

Huinesoron · 02-24-2018, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

For #7, I'm spinning versions of SO-(Y). Pathetic = sorry and wet = soggy both have that in common. But soy sauce is not exactly in miruvor's league and I can't come up with another legible combination. Thoughts? Any drinks that have SO?

While I'm sure Sam would have loved some soy sauce to add to his rabbit stew, it's not that. I should not have used the term 'a bit' - like I said, I'm not always thinking about the normal conventions (due to unfamiliarity, not deliberate twisting).

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As someone whose knowledge of chemistry is largely organism-based, my first reaction to this was to suggest heme iron, which is absorbed better than iron salts and causes fewer gastrointestinal side effects.

To each their own textbooks.

Hissss... nassssty organisms, preciousss.

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

6. Kortirion?

Ti + rion (small version of region).

Can't account for Kor or double gates.

Not Kortirion, but you're definitely in the right region!

hS

02-23-2018, 08:40 AM	#1
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Nan Elmoth - sodium is squashy; so is mithril when it's mined? (Na). Or is there a Taur-na-neldor or something, putting sodium in the middle? __________________ "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."

02-23-2018, 10:20 AM	#5
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	The YALE in the Shire? (Contains Al). __________________ "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."

02-23-2018, 06:21 PM	#8
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	6. Kortirion? Ti + rion (small version of region). Can't account for Kor or double gates. __________________ "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; 02-23-2018 at 06:25 PM.

02-23-2018, 08:47 AM	#2
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,971	I... am currently imagining a vest of sodium chainmail. The best case scenario is that it rapidly oxidises to turn a sort of mucky white colour. The worst case scenario is that it rains, your armour melts, giving off hydrogen, and then someone lights a match. Anyway, it's not sodium. But it is a metal that's already been mentioned (amazing though the mental images would be once you got round to plutonium and mercury...). The straight clue is also a rough translation of the place name (though admittedly very rough). hS

02-23-2018, 09:04 AM	#3
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Throws 'Ag' in as part of team-work. __________________ "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."

02-23-2018, 09:09 AM	#4
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,971	I said 'not silver' in #3293 (after 'Silverlode' came up). Metals which have been mentioned and which I have not specifically rejected: -Fe (iron, steel - I didn't quite reject it). -Au (gold - I mentioned it, so this could be me being sneaky). -Ti (titanium) -Cr (chromium) -Hs (hassium - what, that's not what you meant? ) -Al (aluminium) hS (but not Hs, which is radioactive and has a half-life of ten seconds; do not try and make armour out of this)

02-23-2018, 10:33 AM	#6
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,971	Still the wrong landmass. This place-name does not appear on any map in LotR, and I'm nearly sure it doesn't appear on any map drawn by the Tolkiens. It does show up on at least one page of the Karen Wynn Fonstad atlas, though (and searching for the correct landmass pulls the relevant map up in the first dozen Google hits). hS