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''Ere,'oo are you?'' or "O! tra-la-la-lally" ?

Poll: ''Ere,'oo are you?'' or "O! tra-la-la-lally" ?
''Ere,'oo are you?''	14 / 28%
"O! tra-la-la-lally"	14 / 28%
Neither	5 / 10%
Love Both	13 / 26%
Hate Both	2 / 4%
Other	2 / 4%
50 total votes

malickfan
Gondor

Jul 19 2013, 5:18pm

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''Ere,'oo are you?'' or "O! tra-la-la-lally" ?	Can't Post

Which (in)famous quote from The Hobbit did you prefer/stay in your mind? (for good or bad reasons)

I'm a fan of both, and was kinda dissapointed we didn't see Hugo Weaving singing along to Bofur's flute in AUJ...

Brethil
Half-elven

Jul 19 2013, 5:57pm

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Talking Purse speak hands down for me.// [In reply to]	Can't Post

DanielLB
Immortal

Jul 19 2013, 6:08pm

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Neither of them. Especially that purse. Gah! [In reply to]	Can't Post

Joking.

Lothwen
Rivendell

Jul 19 2013, 6:23pm

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O! tra-la-la-lally! [In reply to]	Can't Post

here down in the valley!

sevilodorf
Tol Eressea

Jul 19 2013, 7:42pm

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The Singing Elves [In reply to]	Can't Post

like the Singing Nun sort of sticks in my mind....non necessarily for good reasons.

In one way I think the Elves were playing with the Dwarves... living up to (down to) the dwarves beliefs about what they would find.

Fredeghar Wayfarer
Lorien

Jul 19 2013, 8:46pm

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Tra-la-la-lally, here down in the valley [In reply to]	Can't Post

That phrase always stuck in my mind, primarily due to the song in the animated version. I was really hoping to hear an elf sing this or use the phrase in the movie. They cast Bret McKenzie, a singer, as Lindir but never had him sing! If anyone was going to "Tra-la-la-lally," he would have been the perfect candidate.

Arandiel
Grey Havens

Jul 20 2013, 3:40am

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'On second thought, [In reply to]	Can't Post

let's not go to Rivendell. It is a silly place.'

That's the thought that runs through my head when I encounter the Hobbit book-elves. Sad, really.

And I've never enjoyed the 'let's give these buffoonish bad guys Cockney accents' thing, either. Panders to socioeconomic stereotypes.

Well, that became depressing. This is Eeyore signing off and returning to the thistle patch.

cats16
Half-elven

Jul 20 2013, 4:52pm

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Singing Elves, hands down. [In reply to]	Can't Post

It took me awhile to not think of elves being these silly singers who teased all of their guests when they arrived.

DesiringDragons
Lorien

Jul 21 2013, 5:01pm

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Fond of both but I don't know if I'd call it love...missed them in the film though.

BoromirOfWinterfell
Rohan

Jul 28 2013, 6:03am

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Stuck to my head after the first read. I make so many jokes with my family about it. The ones who don't know its context give us funny looks. Crazy

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