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noWizardme
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Oct 13 2017, 3:46pm
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Moria's doors - it's an anagram!
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Ennyn Durin Aran Moria. Pedo mellon a minno. Im Narvi hain echant. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thiw hin. = I'm main entrance into Dwarven hall. I'm iron; no enemy, human or hobbit, can enter. Thing in pool, I hear in air. Die. = Hi, human idiot. I am main entrance into Dwarven hall. I'm iron; no enemy can enter, nor bribe. I hear thing in pool. part of a collection of 'best-ever' anagrams, here https://wordsmith.org/anagram/hof.html
I think I like the second anagram best.
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dernwyn
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Oct 13 2017, 4:06pm
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So there's more than one "secret" written on those Doors! I like the first one, although it does make me wonder: how did Narvi know what a "hobbit" is? 
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
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noWizardme
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Oct 13 2017, 4:41pm
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He also, somehow, knows to call the place 'Moria', which is elvish for 'Black Pit' and seems an odd thing to put on your King's doors before the place has become the haunt of balrogs - a bit like Henry Ford erecting a sign outside his new auto factory saying "Welcome to the Rust belt".
We came up with various 'fixes' for that problem during the last Reading Room read-through of that bit. Here's a link for anyone interested:
http://newboards.theonering.net/...i?post=851531#851531
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noWizardme
Half-elven
Oct 13 2017, 5:00pm
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"Evil hot Demon deep in here hath no wing, ninny"
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"Evil hot Demon deep in here hath no wing, ninny" is also a partial anagram (i.e. some letters left over).
Odd that...
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Oct 13 2017, 8:03pm
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And I swear by my Uncle's upper plate that I just came on board and saw this post, and that I JUST NOW finished something similar which I'm going to the post office ... er ... going to post. Sorry, My brain is muddled as you will empathize with..
And awaay we go!
‘. . . the rule of no realm is mine . . .
But all worthy things that are in peril . . . those are my care.
For I also am a steward. Did you not know?'
Gandalf to Denethor
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Oct 13 2017, 8:14pm
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And I swear by the same holy (if moist) object I did not change the numbering..//
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‘. . . the rule of no realm is mine . . .
But all worthy things that are in peril . . . those are my care.
For I also am a steward. Did you not know?'
Gandalf to Denethor
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noWizardme
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Oct 13 2017, 8:22pm
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Zowie! And Mr. ... what a nice quiz//
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