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The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Awww. I missed those ears.
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Yeah, the translation party is borked.
This is the penultimate translation.
Some others fear that he is greater than I.
And this is the next and final step: And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
This is the penultimate translation.
Some others fear that he is greater than I.
And this is the next and final step: And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Huh.
Which book is it from? The Tolkien quote.
(PS: Actually, which book is the final one from, too?)
(PPS: see how specific I’m being, Frelga?)
Which book is it from? The Tolkien quote.
(PS: Actually, which book is the final one from, too?)
(PPS: see how specific I’m being, Frelga?)
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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The final one is from Genesis.
I think I know what's going on - the programmers have got a list of quotes from literature (or perhaps a database of full-text classics) and as the last step try to match the entry with a quote from their database. So far they're failing, except for the one time it supplied the final bit of Voronwë's Galadriel quote.
I think I know what's going on - the programmers have got a list of quotes from literature (or perhaps a database of full-text classics) and as the last step try to match the entry with a quote from their database. So far they're failing, except for the one time it supplied the final bit of Voronwë's Galadriel quote.
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Inanna, LOTR
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Does it relate to Gandalf talking about Sauron?
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Not about sauropod.
Or Sauron. (because sometimes autocorrect doesn't win)
Or Sauron. (because sometimes autocorrect doesn't win)
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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But it is said by Gandalf?
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Indeed. I don't think it's possible for you to make a guess about something Tolkien related that is entirely incorrect. 
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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It actually has most of the words in the correct order but a few grammatical differences change the meaning appreciably.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Is it Gandalf about the Witchking? The one about "Some are greater than I, against some I have not yet been tested" or words to that effect?
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No. The word "fear" is in the quote.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Is it Gandalf about the Balrog?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Not Balrog.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Earlier
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Could it be about Gollum? "Some other fear was on him greater than mine"?
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That's it
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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