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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:23 PM Original message |
The Real Risk Peregrin Took. |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well he risked too many lives, being such a curious fellow. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And for what? A peek at the Palantir? |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes thus exposing himself to Sauron |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. But didn't this help Frodo and Sam, by distracting the Eye to the West? |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. and by seeing the tree, allowing Gandalf to figure out that Gondor would be attacked. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Jeez. I thought it was funny... |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It was very clever |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. You fool of a Took! |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Took |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You are a geek indeed. I have never seen the pronunciation of "Took" elucidated by JRR. |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. how can you tell the pronunciation from reading a book? I just tend to try and recognize the names o... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Tokien included his own appenidices of pronunciation of many names and words. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. i always thought it was Took because hobbits are mischevious and often Thiefs. |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. As I recall that was mostly the Elvish words and names, I could go look but am to old and tired |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. No one but Extremists like him. To much bad history, America is sick of Him. He is Unelectable |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Fuck off. If Frodo had one ounce of Pippin's COURAGE, he never would have lost his finger! |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. he had to lose the finger, it was symbolic for losing a part of himself as he lost the ring |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I was taking the imic, rather than the etic approach. nt |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. plus he had to match sauron who lost a finger.. |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. hehe... exactly |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Ooooh, good point. I never got that! |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. Why didn't Frodo reject and denounce Gollum? Unacceptable. This will be an albatross around his neck |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
23. Frodo needs to deal with the Samwise issue - NOW |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. lol! |
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