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Aunt Dora Baggins
Half-elven
Aug 4 2012, 2:50am
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Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.
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As you say, that soft of repetition is pretty common in storytelling and in books that are written to be read aloud.
And I think "rocks and blocks" is meant to be the sort of thing a goblin might say.
I did a quick google search and found out it's a popular name for landscaping companies :-) I wonder if the owners are Hobbit readers.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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(This post was edited by Aunt Dora Baggins on Aug 4 2012, 2:52am)
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making my way back...
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Jump right it
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with both feet, then!
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telain
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Aug 2 2012, 6:53pm
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Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Aug 4 2012, 2:50am
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Less late reply.
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Aug 2 2012, 12:24pm
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Context-driven catchwords?
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Aug 2 2012, 6:08pm
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I`ll dip my toe in ...
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