Um.... Would it be unmannerly to offer a guess without asking for a letter?

With no letters? That would be quite extraordinary! :eek:

But the rule is, when you think you've got it, go for it!

Yeah, well, it wouldn't be the first time. Word games and I are very old friends. :D

If it has passed from the high and beautiful to darkness and ruin, that was of old the fate of Arda marred.

From the end of The Silmarillion. My version of the book has 'the' before beautiful, and that would be missing from the quote, which otherwise appears to fit perfectly.

The hint was definitely a pointer, but I had another edge, Eorl -- I'd just read that part of the book yesterday. A fortunate coincidence, I'm sure. :)

For my 500th post, here's a bit of a travel review:

"- --------- ---- ---- -- ---- --- -------- - ---- ---- -- ----. - ----- ------- ----- ---- ----- -- ----- - ---."

I

"I --i------ ---- ---- -- ---- --- ----i--- - ---- ---- -- --i-. I --i-- ------- -i--- ---- ----- -- ----- - -i-."

T please!

kudos, Ibri!http://www.myrias.de/Templates/Elron.../notworthy.gif that was awsome! (It has been done here before though. e.g. Diamond 18 guessed "Gil-Galad was an Elven-king etc. without any letters, just thanks to the tell-tale hyphens!)

IT

"I --i----t-- ---- ---- -- ---- t-- ----i--t - ---- ---- -- t-i-. I t-i-- ------- -i--t ---- ----- -- ----- - -it."

I had no delusion that I was the first! :D But sometimes, things just fall into place with very little to go on. I've freaked out a few of my relatives by walking into a room where they were watching the TV game show, saw the topic and the blank spaces, and knew the answer before a single letter was up. It's a pattern-seeking thing -- that and being familiar with a lot of clichés. ;)

Sss pleassseee.

Congrats on having such a great eye, Ibri!

L for me.

ITSL

"I --i----tl- ---- ---- -- ---- t-- s---i--t - ---- ---- -- t-i-. I t-i-- -----l- -i--t ---- s---- -- ----- - -it."

"m"s?

ISTLM

"I --i----tl- --m- ---- -- m--- t-- s---i--t - ---- ---m m- t-i-. I t-i-- -----l- mi--t ---- s---- m- ----- - -it."

ISTLMH

"I --i----tl- --m- ---- -- m--h t-- s---i-ht - ---- ---m m- t-i-. I thi-- -----l- mi-ht h--- sh--- m- ----- - -it."

Would another clue be useful? :)

E

Sure

I think "K"s.

ISTLMHEK

"I e-i-e-tl- --me ---k -- m--h t-- s---i-ht - ---- ---m m- t-i-. I thi-k -----l- mi-ht h--e sh--- me
----- - -it."

Okay, hint #1: I may have had an extra letter in the second word. If I did, it's corrected now. Hint #2: The travel being commented upon happened in another book. Too vague?

I think I have it!
 

"I evidently came back by much too straight a road from my trip. I think Gandalf might have shown me round a bit."

Bilbo to Frodo and the other three hobbits, the day before they left Rivendell, in Chapter VI ('Many Partings') of Book 6 of The Lord of the Rings.

By George, I think he's got it!
 

Quite right, Faramir! The floor (or screen) is yours! :)

My turn
 

Here's my quote:

"-- ---- --- --- --- ---- -- ------- ------ -- --- -----, --- ----- ----- ----- ------ ---."

Hint: It's an insult.

A please!

"b"s?

Ds?

N please

Four letters
 

For those who asked for A, B, D and N:


"N- ---- a-- --- n-- --an an ---a--d ---a-- -- --- -a-a-, a-d ----- --a-n ----- a-a--- ---."

Let's have the R's.

The Rs
 

With the Rs:

"N- --r- ar- --- n-- --an an ---a--d --ra-- -- --- -a-ar, a-d ----r --a-n ----- a-a--- ---."

"o"s, please.

With O and T
 

For those who asked for O and T:

"No -or- ar- -o- no- t-an an ---a--d t-ra-- o- t-- -a-ar, a-d t---r --a-n -t--- a-a-t- -o-."

Húrin to Morgoth.

Exactly right!
 

Well done, Inziladun! You were exactly right.

It's your turn now.:)

Thank you , Faramir.

"- - - - -/ - -/ - - - - - - -/ - -/ - - -/ - - - - - - -/ - -/ - - - - - -/ - -/ - -/
- - - -/ - - - - = - - - ' -/ - - - -."

Are there any O's?

Hs?

OH

"- h - - -/ - -/ - o - h - - -/ - -/ - h -/ - - - - - - -/ o -/ - - - - h -/ - -/ - -/
- - - -/ - o - - = - o - ' -/ - - - -."

"w"s?

T time.