The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Is it a *significant* sentence?
'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 said in Mordor, none of those verbs are the right one...
Significance is in the eye of the reader. I would say it is significant.
Maybe you could describe it as someone saying what he knows to be true, but wants it confirmed explicitly just to be sure.
Significance is in the eye of the reader. I would say it is significant.
Maybe you could describe it as someone saying what he knows to be true, but wants it confirmed explicitly just to be sure.
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I think it might be "follow" 
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Re: The Tolkien Translation Game!
And I can't...
Go?
Stop?
Wait?
Fail?
Go?
Stop?
Wait?
Fail?
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was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Alatar, even though you got the verb wrong, I've got a feeling you might be thinking of the correct quote...
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Aha, so it is related to Sam following Frodo? At the Grey Havens?
"And I can't follow" -->
"and I can't come with you"
AHA!
"And I can't come"
"And I can't follow" -->
"and I can't come with you"
AHA!
"And I can't come"
'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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Gimme 5.
'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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On September 21st, Frodo and Sam set out together. Sam thought he wast setting Frodo towards Rivendell to see Bilbo. But, of course, Bilbo (with Elrond and Galadriel) met them the next day and that is when Sam realized that Frodo was not going to Rivendell, but to the Havens.
Where are you going, Master?
To the Havens, Sam
And I can't come.
Where are you going, Master?
To the Havens, Sam
And I can't come.
'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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New quote:
For your safety, you can return to the hall.
For your safety, you can return to the hall.
'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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Was this spoken as a taunt/insult, or as a bit of friendly advice?
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The meaning is entirely changed. It was just a statement of fact.
'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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Is it said in Rivendell?
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Nope. Further out from Rivendell, if we consider Shire as a starting point.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude