Female Nazgûl??? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

06-03-2005, 09:24 AM

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The Saucepan Man

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Originally Posted by Bb

Clearly, "Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die" is a specific statement about the male sex and not a general statement used by analogy for all of human/huwyman kind.

No. It's just that "Nine for Mortal Persons doomed to die" would not have scanned correctly and would have lost that slight alliterative feel ...

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