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You might want to re-read what I said more carefully Larry Send a noteboard - 15/12/2011 07:03:23 PM

I was talking about how the rustic hobbit dialogue worked a bit better within the books than the intentional "high language" of the other groups.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Larry - 12/12/2011 04:25:26 AM 1657 Views

Thank you for reposting these. Macharius - 12/12/2011 04:36:06 PM 943 Views

Interestingly enough nossy - 13/12/2011 12:10:08 AM 788 Views

Re: Interestingly enough Macharius - 13/12/2011 12:42:10 PM 769 Views

I think nossy - 13/12/2011 01:21:41 PM 834 Views

We'll have to disagree. nossy - 14/12/2011 12:46:23 AM 790 Views

Alright. Macharius - 14/12/2011 12:40:25 PM 872 Views

for the sake of the history/epic? LadyLorraine - 14/12/2011 02:40:33 PM 790 Views

Everyone cares about their own bit of history. nossy - 14/12/2011 04:24:16 PM 763 Views

Agreed wooly - 23/12/2011 05:27:02 AM 781 Views

Re-reads after a long period of time can lead to surprising results Larry - 13/12/2011 01:02:23 AM 891 Views

The speech patterns were intentional, but not meant to be "archaic". Tom - 14/12/2011 04:02:55 AM 849 Views

Oh, I know that Larry - 14/12/2011 08:25:53 AM 840 Views

I love the dialogue in LOTR. a more modern voice would be terrible *NM* mogi67 - 15/12/2011 06:09:18 PM 375 Views

You might want to re-read what I said more carefully Larry - 15/12/2011 07:03:23 PM 829 Views

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