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Starling
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Jan 10 2009, 9:14pm
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deemed inappropriate by the officials at the Rugby Sevens, a competition for which spectators like to dress up. A whole group of Borats was simply too much!
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a.s.
Valinor
Jan 10 2009, 10:50pm
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it's sad to need Urban Dictionary to communicate!
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I meant that as a comment about me, myself and I, you know. It's sad when I have to look up terms when I am trying to understand what someone writing in English (apparently) is trying to say!!!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sth
a.s. (curmudgeon or not, prefers written English to text speak any day)
"an seileachan"
Some say once you're gone, you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
Some say you'll rest in the arms of the Savior, if sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're coming back in a garden: bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
Iris DeMent
Call Her Emily
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batik
Tol Eressea
Jan 10 2009, 10:53pm
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sth=something, I think. And for future reference, Idk=I don't know,. Again, I think.
(Really I'm just trying to wipe that photo of out of my eyes--without resorting to bleach or hot coals  ).
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Valinor
Jan 10 2009, 10:54pm
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it's for REAL??? Oh, I am so hopelessly out of touch.
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Missed the whole Borat thing!
But here it is, a whole web site (watch out, the pictures are slightly more than PG13) devoted to the Mankini.
Who knew?
a.s. (thinking she liked it better, not knowing)
"an seileachan"
Some say once you're gone, you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
Some say you'll rest in the arms of the Savior, if sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're coming back in a garden: bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
Iris DeMent
Call Her Emily
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Valinor
Jan 10 2009, 11:27pm
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uh. Yeah. What you said. LOL. //
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"an seileachan"
Some say once you're gone, you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
Some say you'll rest in the arms of the Savior, if sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're coming back in a garden: bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
Iris DeMent
Call Her Emily
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a.s.
Valinor
Jan 10 2009, 11:36pm
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I have just realized that Deni's profile indicates
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she's from Germany. I think probably English isn't her first language.
Deni: I didn't know what "sth" meant without looking it up in a slang dictionary, but I would not like you to take offense at my comments!
Just avoid "text speak", if you can; if it was hard to understand for those of us who do speak English as a primary language, imagine what it's like for those who don't.
And also, it's difficult for the "mature" Tornsibs, such as, well...me.
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Some say once you're gone, you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
Some say you'll rest in the arms of the Savior, if sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're coming back in a garden: bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
Iris DeMent
Call Her Emily
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a.s.
Valinor
Jan 10 2009, 11:38pm
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You were right behind me.
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Some say once you're gone, you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
Some say you'll rest in the arms of the Savior, if sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're coming back in a garden: bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
Iris DeMent
Call Her Emily
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Starling
Half-elven
Jan 11 2009, 1:08am
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to finally catch up on what you have been missing. 
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Morthoron
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Jan 11 2009, 4:26pm
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As Gandalf was a Maia, and therefore able to assume various shapes and bodily incarnations, I would assume he was bisexual, or possibly hermaphroditic. In any case, he had a thing for hobbits. Perhaps he had a foot fetish, what with hobbits having them big, hairy feet, and you know what they say about big feet...eh? eh? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
All of this is just my 'round about way of saying...ummmm....so what? It would seem to me that McKellan was talking rather tongue in cheek, and, as other folks here have stated, Tolkien's profound Catholicity would preclude adulterous or non-monogamous sexual relations.
Read the ongoing serialization of MONTY PYTHON'S 'The HOBBIT', found here:
http://www.fanfiction.net/...y_Pythons_The_Hobbit
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a.s.
Valinor
Jan 11 2009, 6:52pm
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"thrilled" would not be the word I would use.
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"Aghast" might come close. Maybe there's a word that combines "aghast" with "slighly nauseated"?
You know, I like looking at male anatomy as much as any hetererosexual grown-up female member of the human species does!!
I just prefer either total nudity or some class--or, at minimum, good taste.
The Mankini just loses out, either way!!
IMHO, of course.
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Some say once you're gone, you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
Some say you'll rest in the arms of the Savior, if sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're coming back in a garden: bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
Iris DeMent
Call Her Emily
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squire
Half-elven
Jan 11 2009, 7:14pm
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Nauseated: Synonyms: revolted, appalled, horror-struck, horror-stricken, dismayed, sickened, aghast, disgusted, shocked, offended, repelled, repulsed
Aghast: Synonyms: horrified, amazed, shocked, horror-struck, astonished, stunned, astounded, appalled - source: MSN Encarta, Thesaurus (Ai!)
squire online:
RR Discussions: The Valaquenta, A Shortcut to Mushrooms, and Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Lights! Action! Discuss on the Movie board!: 'A Journey in the Dark'. and 'Designing The Two Towers'.
Footeramas: The 3rd TORn Reading Room LotR Discussion; and "Tolkien would have LOVED it!"
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Deni
Rivendell
Jan 11 2009, 7:27pm
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I´m very sorry!!yes I´m german and I know my english is very bad!!!!!!!..well, in school I´ve learned that sth is a short form for something...I thought you know that..I´m sorry!!!
I´m going to improve my english^^-SORRY
Deni
...shall I change it in my text?? *distressing*
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Ataahua
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Jan 11 2009, 8:28pm
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It's great that you'll be more aware of avoiding txt-speak in future posts, but we don't need to edit the posts you've already made.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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a.s.
Valinor
Jan 11 2009, 10:05pm
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your English is fine, please don't apologize
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I admire all of you who can speak more than one language; I certainly can't beyond a few words of Spanish on a pre-school level.
STH may one day become a standard abbreviation in English, but it's not there yet! Your English teacher is probably younger than me (everyone is, these days!!) and may think it is widely used, but it's not---yet.
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Some say once you're gone, you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
Some say you'll rest in the arms of the Savior, if sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're coming back in a garden: bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
Iris DeMent
Call Her Emily
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Valinor
Jan 11 2009, 10:12pm
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I am shocked that aghast is a synonym for nauseated!
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Well, no, not really. See, I was just using words from the...oh, never mind.
Hey, this is fun: I quote a dictionary to you, you quote a thesaurus to me. This could go on forever.
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Some say once you're gone, you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
Some say you'll rest in the arms of the Savior, if sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're coming back in a garden: bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
Iris DeMent
Call Her Emily
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Ufthak
Rivendell
Jan 11 2009, 11:05pm
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Tolkien was a Catholic, it was the 1940's when he wrote & NONE of his noble characters were Gay or having sex outside of marriage for that matter. NO WAY. Not even debatable.
Because of course, there were no gay people in the 1940s. And there have never been any gay Catholics <:<)
I see what you're getting at, and I don't think there is any real likelihood that Tolkein intended any of his characters to be, or to be interpreted as being, gay. I'm just being difficult on this one <;<p
"Who the hell are you?" he growled.
"I the hell am Harry," I said.
He pulled out his own gym bag and slammed the car door closed. "You always a wiseass?"
"No. Sometimes I'm asleep."
-Harry Dresden, 'Blood Rites', A Novel of The Dresden Files
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Jan 12 2009, 1:11am
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Don't worry about it. The best way to learn more is to share more. Please keep posting more. You're a delight :)
"Barney Snow was here." ~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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Peredhil lover
Valinor
Jan 12 2009, 6:23am
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in a German school, too, and had never seen that abbrevation, either. Seems to be rather new - maybe the teacher saw it used somewhere and thought it more common than it is.
I do not suffer from LotR obsession - I enjoy every minute of it.
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Valinor
Jan 12 2009, 6:28am
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I'm German, too, and it took me forever to find the courage to register here. But in my experience, nothing helps more to improve your English than to use it on a regular basis, so simply keep reading and posting. And your English is good enough, IMHO. (((Deni)))
I do not suffer from LotR obsession - I enjoy every minute of it.
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Deni
Rivendell
Jan 12 2009, 4:50pm
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to peredhil lover:...cool you´re one of the first persons I met here,that are also german(except friends of course)
well, to this STH..
-it´s written in my english-book...as a short form for the vocabulary part..such words like:(to)tell sth and so on...
but it´s nice to hear,that at least you all are saying that my english isn´t that bad
nice greetings Deni
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ElanorTX
Tol Eressea
Jan 12 2009, 7:34pm
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And I would ask as a favor to readers with vision problems, and so that any reader has some idea of what your post is about, to use more than a . in your subject line.
Personally I'm not much interested in discussing the sexual life of fictional characters, actors, or any humans not sharing such a life with me. On the other hand I don't think anyone is pushing agenda. Looking forward to more of your posts (if they're not like squire's picture). We're a family here and sometimes get silly, off-topic, or annoyed, but everyone means well.
Welcome to TORn,
ElanorTX
"I shall not wholly fail if anything can still grow fair in days to come."
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NorskGudTor
The Shire
Jan 12 2009, 8:39pm
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I put the . because I don't need a subject title for every reply I am going to make in a thread where the subject is obvious. I thought that was what the message body box is for. Maybe I am not viewing the forum in the format you may be but then again that is not my issue and I will continue with the .'s Sorry if this causes a problem.
Never walk
away from home
ahead of your axe and sword.
You can not feel a battle
in your bones,
or foresee a fight.
- The Havamal
Not all tears are an evil...G
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