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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,348
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![]() I was just watching the film again, reflecting that when I first saw it, I was disappointed that the Bombadil scene was left out. Actually, now I think it was probably a good idea to axe it, since it... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers
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Replies: 119
Views: 22,403
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![]() I forgot to mention that the country of Rohan lies a short distance South from the village and that the castle of Rohan (the fortress of the Dukes of Rohan) is very impressive. I wonder if Tolkien... |
Forum: Quiz Room
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Replies: 55
Views: 12,466
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![]() From which group of languages did Tolkien draw inspiration for the place-names in the Breeland? |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers
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Replies: 119
Views: 22,403
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![]() I live in Bree, I suppose. The village is built on a hill and the inhabitants resemble either hobbits or bree-folk. What's more, Archet(the wood) is very close to the local Breton "ar goat" or "ar... |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,303
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Grendel
![]() The Goidelic celtic "gillae" (lad) often appears as a prefixed generic element in surnames of Irish and Scottish origin, e.g. Gillespie (bishops lad or servant) or Gilfinnan. Perhaps there is a... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,906
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![]() As for the stuff on the Silmarilion info, thats what I was fishing for, hoping it wasn't there! Well done, there goes my theory. Pity, I liked it.... Have a pint.. |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,906
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Grendel
![]() No, Barrow Wight, androgynous was the intended word. Check out the Oxford dictionary - androgynous can mean both hermaphroditic (i.e. both male and female) as well as, more broadly "of indeterminate... |
Forum: Quiz Room
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Replies: 213
Views: 52,383
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Forum: Quiz Room
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Replies: 213
Views: 52,383
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Grendel
![]() I reckon/ 1 fish 2 bee 3 plants (perhaps flowers) 4 time 5 sunrays or sunlight 6 fear 7 river 8 snowflake (possibly) |
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
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Replies: 42
Views: 9,207
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Grendel
![]() Orcs sing harshly, or croak, and they flap their feet against stone floors to keep time. They also clash their swords against their shields! An orc song appears in chapter 4 of the hobbit (Over Hill... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers
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Replies: 53
Views: 7,846
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Grendel
![]() Without imagination we are just survival machines, worse than orcs, worse than anything. In Michael Ende's book "The Neverending Story", the theme is about just that. If there is no imagination,... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,906
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Grendel
![]() I suppose that was more or less my question, Ulairi, i.e. how do orcs reproduce, by nature or artifice? Its true that its not conclusive either way. I just find the idea of artifice appealing as an... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,906
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Grendel
![]() The reason I was wondering about this is that, as far as I can remember, gandalf associates the multiplication of orcs in the mountains with other portents of the rise of Sauron. If these two events... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers
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Replies: 93
Views: 17,457
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![]() Gollum is given more lines and more personality than any of the other bad guys in ME. He is interesting because he was on the border line of recovery, despite all the evil he had done. He has a... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,906
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Grendel
![]() I don't think we can safely assume that there are female orcs, as you put it, because they reproduce. There are non-sexual modes of reproduction, e.g. viral reproduction or even vegetative... |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 67
Views: 14,131
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Grendel
![]() I havn't read all that is written in the above discussion, so someone may already have pointed this out. Forgive me for being inexact, but there is a point in the LotR where Gandalf says something... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,906
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Grendel
![]() When using the singular 3rd person pronoun, Tolkien always refers to any individual orcs appearing in the various tales as masculine, unless I am mistaken. There are references to orcs as ruined... |
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