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Old 08-13-2000, 02:01 AM   #24
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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: even more geography

Yes, I think, although &quot;swarthy&quot; and &quot;dark&quot; make odd antonyms. I always assumed that the Dunedain were fairer-skinned, even if dark-haired. But you got the very epithets I sought. (And don't tell me that JRRT didn't have the predjudices of his time and place.) Ask us!

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