I please.

FIST

"--t/ ----/ -s-/ ---/ ---/, ---/ -itt--/ s--ff---s/?" said ...... " I/ ------/ ---s/ ---/ --tt--/ t---/ ----/ s--tt-/ --s-s/."

I think an E would be helpful.

FEIST

"--t/ ----/ -se/ --e/ ---/, ---/ -itt-e/ s--ff-e-s/?" said ...... " I/ -e----/ e-es/ --e/ -ette-/ t---/ ----/ s--tt-/ --ses/."

"Not much use are you, you little snufflers? said the big orc. I reckon eyes are better than your snotty noses"

"Said the big orc" was what completely threw me off here, i hadn't noticed the use of dots....

Yes, well done, Rune!
I'm sorry to have distracted you with the dots! I just meant to show that the quote was interrupted by: said "somebody" .

No no, it was me who did not pay proper attention to detail.

My computer is acting up, but I think the quotation below ought to have the correct number of letters. :)

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

N please

I think I might have forgotten the exact quotation by now. My apologies.

How short the memory of mortals. It's only been three and a half years.

:p

Why not start a new one instead? :)

Makes sense, it was about the last time I had all my Tolkien books lying around the living room, as I was trying to do some in depth nerding.

Then I moved, and I have only occasionally taken a Tolkien book down from the shelf in that time.

"- --- - ----- -----" said... "---- --- ---- --? ------ --- ---!" said... "---- --!"

I am gonna be traditional and ask for Es.

Always a good choice
 

How about D?

Ed
 

Why of course.

That was less productive than I hoped. Could I have an N, please?

Den
 

Same same but different.

Oh but it's absolutely different! Because together, they mean the end of the phrase is "ride on"! I thought at first it would be Eomer's exclamation on the way to Minas Tirith, but that's not the case. However, riding is not so nebulous in LOTR to make a skim of the likely places impossible.

At first I had written "I dare say that made all the difference", but thought it too toungue in cheek. Little did I know just how right I was... how right we both are!

The thread is yours.

Thank'ee kindly! That was quite a turn of expectations, I think for both of us. I certainly did not expect to have it with only 3 letters, two of which are minimally present.

A Y' please.

y

What about S?

What! You're not gonna guess it from one letter! :p



YS

A?

SAY no more! :p



"- ------ -- a------- --a- (-) ------, as - sa--, -------y(-)--- y-a-s -s -a- --- s---- a ---- -- s---- a---- y-- (-) ---s -s --- ---. - a- -----. - a- --a---- ---. ----(-)-y-!"

T?

STAY positive. :cool:

U?

stayu.

R?

Y(o)U are a STAR:

I

N?

It spells Turin.

"- r--r-t t- a---u--- t-at (-) t--u--, as - sa--, ------ty(-)--- y-ars -s -ar t-- s--rt a t--- t- s---- a---- y-u (-) t--s -s t-- ---. - a- -----. - a- --a---- ---. ----(-)-y-!"

I regret to announce that though as I said eleventy one years is far too short a time to spend among you this is the end I going I am leaving now good bye.

Indeed! Over to you.

Apologies hyphens didn’t play along so asterisks it is.

A?

a

E?