The Tolkien Translation Game!

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Yes!
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You probably know what the quote is... :poke:
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This?

Yet there was naught in this to praise. I had no lure or desire to do other than I have done.
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That's the one. Your turn!
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New quote.
We sit by the road longer than we were already wise.
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Sam and Frodo in Mordor?
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No on all three counts.
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Gandalf?
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Faramir?
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Neither is present.
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Hobbit or LotR?
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LotR
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Gildor?
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No.
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Me?
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Inanna wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 7:34 pmMe?
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Hahahahaha.

Oh my stomach. Frelga!
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Human, Elf, Dwarf or Other?
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Human
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Aragorn? I'm guessing maybe about the Black Riders on the road to Rivendell?
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