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Forum: The Books 07-10-2002, 08:04 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 12,565
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril I think we're talking about two different things....

I think we're talking about two different things. I wasn't talking about when Gollum literally uses the pronoun "he" in his speech, as in your examples, but the implied "he/her/it" in his verb...
Forum: The Books 07-10-2002, 06:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 12,565
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Thank you smilies/smile.gif I agree;...

Thank you smilies/smile.gif



I agree; that is how I have always understood it.



I’m sorry if the “he” part was a bit confusing. I was referring both to the “he” implied by...
Forum: The Books 07-10-2002, 03:36 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 12,565
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Gollum's Grammar

I have often pondered the unusual use of grammar in Gollum’s speech, namely the verb conjugation and pronouns, and I wonder why Tolkien chose this particular way for the creature to speak, so I...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-04-2002, 05:19 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 19,180
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril I'm Elrond, as usual. I always end up being him...

I'm Elrond, as usual. I always end up being him whenever he's included on these tests!

[ July 04, 2002: Message edited by: ElanorGamgee ]
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 07-02-2002, 11:49 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,554
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Hey, I'd rather be considered strange than be...

Hey, I'd rather be considered strange than be some people's definition of "normal." How boring smilies/biggrin.gif
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 07-02-2002, 11:12 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,554
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Sometimes I get "gollum talk" stuck in my head,...

Sometimes I get "gollum talk" stuck in my head, like "yesss precious," "nasssty, cruel hobbitses," "fisssshhh," "we hates it," and so on, especially if I'm mildly annoyed by something.

[ July 02,...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 07-01-2002, 09:40 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 12,493
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril I'd automatically eliminate Voldemort and...

I'd automatically eliminate Voldemort and Dumbledore, which leaves Sauron and Gandalf. It's a close match, but I think that Gandalf would win because it seems that in The Lord of the Rings good...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 06-30-2002, 02:24 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 10,245
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Oh my goodness, that's hilarious! Pippin: ...

Oh my goodness, that's hilarious!

Pippin: Bye-bye Wriathy! *blows kiss*

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Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-25-2002, 09:31 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,740
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril I just got Unfinished Tales recently too. I have...

I just got Unfinished Tales recently too. I have nearly finished it, and it's really good. I thought that it was a bit more difficult to read than The Lord of the Rings, but still very interesting....
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 06-25-2002, 07:41 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,664
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Alright. Thank you smilies/smile.gif

Alright. Thank you smilies/smile.gif
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 06-25-2002, 07:37 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,664
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril I really like the new format! You did a great...

I really like the new format! You did a great job! I was just wondering, if I submitted a story before the changes took place, is it still being considered, or do I have to re-submit it at some...
Forum: The Books 06-25-2002, 01:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 8,993
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril In the book there is a difference in the light in...

In the book there is a difference in the light in Gollum's eyes depending on his mood. When he is "Stinker" his eyes glow with a greenish light and as "Slinker" they are a pale light.

"Gollum...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-24-2002, 10:02 PM
Replies: 853
Views: 134,868
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril The Witch King was Éowyn's ex-boyfriend, whom she...

The Witch King was Éowyn's ex-boyfriend, whom she hated, and Merry had a crush on Éowyn, so he decided to help her kill the Witch King in order to impress her and get rid of any chance that the two...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-24-2002, 07:17 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,058
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril The end of The Return of the King broke my heart....

The end of The Return of the King broke my heart. I cried a little (as I often do at the end of a series or book that I really like when no one can see me). The appendix made me sad too, because I...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-24-2002, 04:46 PM
Replies: 853
Views: 134,868
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril To get to the other side (yes, awful, I know ...

To get to the other side (yes, awful, I know smilies/tongue.gif)

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What was Nob's job at the Prancing Pony and why was Barliman always yelling at him?
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-24-2002, 09:22 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,228
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Frodo, Pippin, and Bilbo. I can't decide which I...

Frodo, Pippin, and Bilbo. I can't decide which I like best, so they're all my favorite smilies/biggrin.gif
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 06-24-2002, 09:13 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 9,177
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Hobbits could make the best hide-and-seek team in...

Hobbits could make the best hide-and-seek team in the world (with the possible exception of Elves). I guess hide-and-seek isn't really a sport, but it's all I could think of for now...
Forum: The Movies 06-23-2002, 06:53 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,575
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril I saw the movie before reading the book, and I...

I saw the movie before reading the book, and I was kind of annoyed when Pippin and Merry decided to tag along with Frodo and Sam. Actually, I expected them to get killed off as soon as the action...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-23-2002, 05:09 PM
Replies: 853
Views: 134,868
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Well, Frodo actually claimed that he was related...

Well, Frodo actually claimed that he was related to Pippin, Merry, and Sam because of a goofy blood brother thing they did one day when they were all really bored. They each cut the end of their...
Forum: The Movies 06-23-2002, 04:12 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,575
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Pippin is portrayed as pretty stupid in the...

Pippin is portrayed as pretty stupid in the movie, although they do ease up on him a bit by making the incident at the well in Moria a mistake rather than having him deliberately toss a stone in the...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-23-2002, 02:59 PM
Replies: 853
Views: 134,868
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Lobelia often payed Sam to get some good...

Lobelia often payed Sam to get some good information to gossip with. Like the time he overheard the thirty-two-year-old Frodo ask Bilbo to tuck him in and tell him a bedtime story because Frodo was...
Forum: The Books 06-22-2002, 09:26 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,047
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Nob: A young hobbit with light brown hair and a...

Nob: A young hobbit with light brown hair and a goofy grin on his face, looks a little like Gilligan from Gilligan's Island.

Wormtongue: A lankey man in his mid-thirties with dark brown, greasy...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-22-2002, 01:56 PM
Replies: 853
Views: 134,868
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril The Fellowship went to the mall first because...

The Fellowship went to the mall first because Legolas told the other eight that he wouldn't be caught dead a bunch of un-trendy wierdos. Aragorn cried at first, but the others calmed him down and...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-21-2002, 10:20 PM
Replies: 853
Views: 134,868
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Pippin liked to help Legolas toilet-paper...

Pippin liked to help Legolas toilet-paper Elrond's house. They would sneak over late at night to pull the prank, then ring the door bell and dash off after leaving a vat of chocolate pudding on the...
Forum: The Movies 06-21-2002, 05:14 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 7,460
Posted By ElanorGamgee
Silmaril Of course the book is better than the movie, but...

Of course the book is better than the movie, but the movie could have turned out so horribly that I think what we got is great. There are so many things that PJ could have done wrong that I,...
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