The Tolkien Translation Game!

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That's correct!
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:doh:
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Haha! Unsay! Amazing.
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Alatar wrote:Oh go on so, I'll post it. Gandalf to Saruman in "The Voice of Saruman".

'What have you to say that you did not say at our last meeting?' he asked. 'Or, perhaps, you have things to unsay?'
Going on so is the best part of this game.

I remember Prim finding these Q & A quite fun, the one time she posted a Q.
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I think it's Alatar's turn...
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Indeed.

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A lot of things happened to him, and it didn't seem to be in his speech. I heard he went to the jungle and found many strange things.
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Story of my life!
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Voronwë the Faithful wrote:Story of my life!
In that case, it must be from Silmarillion. I don't believe you were mentioned in The Hobbit or LOTR.
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:clap:
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Haha
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Its not Voronwë, lest I be accused of not answering the question :)
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:rofl:
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Alatar wrote:Its not Voronwë, lest I be accused of not answering the question :)
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Is it Gandalf speaking about Gollum?
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Nope


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Is it about Bilbo?
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Nope, but it is about a Hobbit.
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Frodo?
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Merry?
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