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galpsi · 07-27-2000, 04:22 PM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: even more geography

"Swertings" was (according to Sam) a hobbitish reference for Southrons. Perhaps "swarthy-ones" does it in modern English. I assume moon-land is Ithilian (and a nice play on sun-land). The swertings Sam encountered in Ithilian had some war-mumakil which Sam called "oliphaunts."

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07-27-2000, 04:22 PM	#11
galpsi The Unquiet Dead Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 971	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ghost-Prince of Cardolan Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: even more geography "Swertings" was (according to Sam) a hobbitish reference for Southrons. Perhaps "swarthy-ones" does it in modern English. I assume moon-land is Ithilian (and a nice play on sun-land). The swertings Sam encountered in Ithilian had some war-mumakil which Sam called "oliphaunts." </p>