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Guinevere · 10-28-2004, 04:20 PM

Thank you, Mithalwen!

How about some Italian ?

Quote:

Un uomo che fugge della sua paura puó trovare che ha soltanto preso un abrevviazione per incontrarla.

Mithalwen · 10-30-2004, 12:56 PM

I always meant to learn italian properly ... hmm can make out a few words but so far a bit beyond my coffee ordering, room booking skills combined with a fondness for opera and a small pinch of latin

Guinevere · 10-30-2004, 01:12 PM

But in fact, Italian is rather similar to French... ( My Italian is founded on my knowlegde of French!

perhaps you try looking at it from that viewpoint.

Fuggire = fuir, paura = peur

Mithalwen · 11-02-2004, 01:51 PM

I guessed fugge from tempus fugit "Time flies" and uomo is man trovare to find... maybe so hmm "A man who flees his fear may find that ..... hmmmm abbreviation... shortened ..... no funghi so not a short cut to mushrooms.... *goes to find Italian dictionary*

Guinevere · 11-03-2004, 09:03 AM

You've got everything right so far, Mithalwen.

abbreviation does stand for shortcut!
further hints: ha = (he) has, incontrare = to meet
( And it's not in the LotR

)

Mithalwen · 11-03-2004, 02:14 PM

So something on the lines of " A man who flees his fear may find he has taken a short cut to meet it?" Aieee.... not LOTR .. but iot sounds just like gandalf.... but too "dark" for the hobbit...... aieee.... So I think it must be the SIlmarillion and teh person who runs away most is Turin...but I find it not... time for a rethink..

HerenIstarion · 11-13-2004, 03:42 AM

You were very close, Mithalwen, and I were willing to let you have some time to figure it out, but my fingertips itch to give an answer now that more than a week is gone since last try

So, the person spoken to indeed was Túrin, but t'was Sador who quoteth, and thus he spake unto young one, explaining his damaged limb:

Quote:

But alas! my love of battle was sated, for I had seen spilled blood and wounds enough; and I got leave to come back to the woods that I yearned for. And there I got my hurt; for a man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it

10-30-2004, 12:56 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I always meant to learn italian properly ... hmm can make out a few words but so far a bit beyond my coffee ordering, room booking skills combined with a fondness for opera and a small pinch of latin __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-30-2004, 01:12 PM	#3
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	But in fact, Italian is rather similar to French... ( My Italian is founded on my knowlegde of French! perhaps you try looking at it from that viewpoint. Fuggire = fuir, paura = peur __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat! Last edited by Guinevere; 10-31-2004 at 03:00 PM. Reason: made some grammatical mistakes

11-02-2004, 01:51 PM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I guessed fugge from tempus fugit "Time flies" and uomo is man trovare to find... maybe so hmm "A man who flees his fear may find that ..... hmmmm abbreviation... shortened ..... no funghi so not a short cut to mushrooms.... goes to find Italian dictionary __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 11-02-2004 at 01:57 PM.

11-03-2004, 09:03 AM	#5
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	You've got everything right so far, Mithalwen. abbreviation does stand for shortcut! further hints: ha = (he) has, incontrare = to meet ( And it's not in the LotR ) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

11-03-2004, 02:14 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	So something on the lines of " A man who flees his fear may find he has taken a short cut to meet it?" Aieee.... not LOTR .. but iot sounds just like gandalf.... but too "dark" for the hobbit...... aieee.... So I think it must be the SIlmarillion and teh person who runs away most is Turin...but I find it not... time for a rethink.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace