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**The Saucepan Man** · 08-25-2003, 05:10 PM

Z for Zaragamba, a Hobbit family, the translation of which from the Red Book is Oldbuck.

New topic! How about descriptive words that can be linked to a specific (named) character.

A is for Adventurous, which might be applied to Bilbo, at least when under the influence of his Tookish side, and certainly in comparison to the majority of Hobbits.

08-25-2003, 05:10 PM	#11
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Z for Zaragamba, a Hobbit family, the translation of which from the Red Book is Oldbuck. New topic! How about descriptive words that can be linked to a specific (named) character. A is for Adventurous, which might be applied to Bilbo, at least when under the influence of his Tookish side, and certainly in comparison to the majority of Hobbits. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!