Quote Game - Part 12 - Page 26

***Valandil*** · 02-16-2018, 02:05 AM

You are correct! Nice job.

***Varnafindë*** · 02-18-2018, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

I know you were going to say that!

But no, alas, the last words DOES escape me.

I thought to say as well in my previous post, but I seem to say that a lot in this game and the last word remains elusive an equal number of times that after a while even I don't believe myself anymore.

Tell you what, though, whoever finds the last word and if he or she doesn't feel like posting a new quote, I'll do it. To make up for all those last elusive words.

Can I leave my posting rights to you this time, Eärniel? Days are a little busy now ...

***Valandil*** · 02-20-2018, 12:33 PM

Wow... Eärniel has not been on Entmoot for over two weeks! A surprise for sure, but we won't be hasty around here so it's not a big deal.

***Earniel*** · 02-21-2018, 09:37 AM

Hoom! Yes, this Ent has been caught napping. But what do you expect, it isn't even spring here yet!

"O_e/_e_t/_s/_f/_h_r_/w_s/_n/_n_r_o_s/_e_l/_e_i_d/_h_m/,/_i_l_d/_p/_i_h/
_g_s/_f/_e_o_y/_n_/l_n_/,/s_o_/,/s_e_d_/t_i_k_n_/;/b_t/_h_i_/s_r_a_e/_a_/
s_a_k_i_g/_i_h/_h_/p_e_e_t/;/_i_e/_u_/s_i_m_r_n_/o_/t_e/_u_e_/l_a_e_/o_/
a/_a_t/_r_e/,/_r/_n/_h_/r_p_l_s/_f/_/v_r_/d_e_/l_k_/./

***Varnafindë*** · 02-28-2018, 11:02 PM

A week later is the first day of spring here - and it is also the coldest day of this winter so far!

I'm only briefly out of bed, so I won't do any quote solving now - but then I know that it's there to be tackled later

***Valandil*** · 03-02-2018, 01:09 AM

"One left as if there was an /_n_r_o_s/_e_l/ behind them,
/_i_l_d/ up with ages of /_e_o_y/ and /l_n_/,/s_o_/,
/s_e_d_/ thinking; but their /s_r_a_e/_a_/s_a_k_i_g/_i_h/ the present;
/_i_e/_u_/s_i_m_r_n_/o_/t_e/_u_e_/l_a_e_/o_/a/_a_t/_r_e/,
or on the ripples of a very deep lake."

Forgot we even had a quote posted!

Have tried to solve some random words here and there, but can't make anything of it yet.

***Valandil*** · 03-03-2018, 10:35 AM

Came up with a few more words to try.

"One left as if there was an /_n_r_o_s/_e_l/ behind them,
filled up with ages of memory and long, slow,
steady thinking; but their /s_r_a_e/_a_/s_a_k_i_g/_i_h/ the present;
/_i_e/_u_/ shimmmering on the /_u_e_/l_a_e_/o_/a/_a_t/_r_e/,
or on the ripples of a very deep lake."

Probably didn't need to bold my new tries, since the first were not reviewed yet. Oh well...

***Earniel*** · 03-10-2018, 09:13 AM

Apologies for disappearing. Blame it on the polar vortex visit.

This is what's correct so far. I had to think hard for a moment there to remember where I had taken the quote from!

"One _e_t as if there was an /_n_r_o_s/_e_l/ behind them,
filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking;
but their /s_r_a_e/_a_/s_a_k_i_g/_i_h/ the present;
/_i_e/_u_/ shimmmering on the /_u_e_/l_a_e_/o_/a/_a_t/_r_e/,
or on the ripples of a very deep lake."

***Valandil*** · 03-10-2018, 11:20 AM

"One felt as if there was an enormous well behind them,
filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking;
but their /s_r_a_e/ was sparkling with the present;
like sun shimmering on the /_u_e_/ leaves of a /_a_t/ tree,
or on the ripples of a very deep lake."

Is Merry the speaker?

Just realized I initially had an extra "m" in shimmering.

***Varnafindë*** · 03-17-2018, 11:43 AM

a vast tree?

***Earniel*** · 03-18-2018, 08:02 AM

"One felt as if there was an enormous well behind them,
filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking;
but their /s_r_a_e/ was sparkling with the present;
like sun shimmering on the /_u_e_/ leaves of a vast tree,
or on the ripples of a very deep lake."

Only two words left!

Merry is not the speaker.

***Valandil*** · 03-18-2018, 01:59 PM

surface?

Pippin? Maybe he WAS the more poetic one.

***Earniel*** · 03-28-2018, 08:26 AM

The quote was attributed to Pippin at a later age, so that might explain the acquired poetry skills.

So, yes, correct.

Surface is also correct.

One more word!

***Valandil*** · 03-28-2018, 09:14 AM

OK - I've really struggled over that last word, trying different letters, and letter combinations. It's got me puzzled... and it's not even that many letters to fill in!

***Earniel*** · 04-03-2018, 05:14 PM

Heh, I'm not surprised, it is not an obvious word. It would be one of those final unsolved words that would stump me time and time again if this was somebody else's quote, rather than my own.

Want a hint?

***Valandil*** · 04-03-2018, 05:48 PM

OK - yes, a hint please. This has gone nowhere for too long.

***Earniel*** · 04-09-2018, 07:06 AM

HINT: the last word refers to the position of the leaves.

***Valandil*** · 04-09-2018, 08:04 AM

Ha! "outer"???

***Earniel*** · 04-09-2018, 09:57 AM

Dingding! We have a winner.

***Valandil*** · 04-10-2018, 09:24 AM

Only took me a month and a half!

"R_d_/o_/!/T_e_e/_s/_o/_t_e_/w_y/_o/_a_e/.
/_f_e_/s_/l_n_/a/_o_d/_h_l_/w_/b_/h_l_/b_c_
/f_o_/b_t_l_/b_/a/_i_e_-m_s_?"

02-16-2018, 02:05 AM	#501
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	You are correct! Nice job. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

02-20-2018, 12:33 PM	#503
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Wow... Eärniel has not been on Entmoot for over two weeks! A surprise for sure, but we won't be hasty around here so it's not a big deal. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

02-28-2018, 11:02 PM	#505
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	A week later is the first day of spring here - and it is also the coldest day of this winter so far! I'm only briefly out of bed, so I won't do any quote solving now - but then I know that it's there to be tackled later __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

03-02-2018, 01:09 AM	#506
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	"One left as if there was an /_n_r_o_s/_e_l/ behind them, /_i_l_d/ up with ages of /_e_o_y/ and /l_n_/,/s_o_/, /s_e_d_/ thinking; but their /s_r_a_e/_a_/s_a_k_i_g/_i_h/ the present; /_i_e/_u_/s_i_m_r_n_/o_/t_e/_u_e_/l_a_e_/o_/a/_a_t/_r_e/, or on the ripples of a very deep lake." Forgot we even had a quote posted! Have tried to solve some random words here and there, but can't make anything of it yet. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

03-03-2018, 10:35 AM	#507
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Came up with a few more words to try. "One left as if there was an /_n_r_o_s/_e_l/ behind them, filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking; but their /s_r_a_e/_a_/s_a_k_i_g/_i_h/ the present; /_i_e/_u_/ shimmmering on the /_u_e_/l_a_e_/o_/a/_a_t/_r_e/, or on the ripples of a very deep lake." Probably didn't need to bold my new tries, since the first were not reviewed yet. Oh well... __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

02-21-2018, 09:37 AM	#504
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Hoom! Yes, this Ent has been caught napping. But what do you expect, it isn't even spring here yet! "O_e/_e_t/_s/_f/_h_r_/w_s/_n/_n_r_o_s/_e_l/_e_i_d/_h_m/,/_i_l_d/_p/_i_h/ _g_s/_f/_e_o_y/_n_/l_n_/,/s_o_/,/s_e_d_/t_i_k_n_/;/b_t/_h_i_/s_r_a_e/_a_/ s_a_k_i_g/_i_h/_h_/p_e_e_t/;/_i_e/_u_/s_i_m_r_n_/o_/t_e/_u_e_/l_a_e_/o_/ a/_a_t/_r_e/,/_r/_n/_h_/r_p_l_s/_f/_/v_r_/d_e_/l_k_/./

03-10-2018, 09:13 AM	#508
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Apologies for disappearing. Blame it on the polar vortex visit. This is what's correct so far. I had to think hard for a moment there to remember where I had taken the quote from! "One _e_t as if there was an /_n_r_o_s/_e_l/ behind them, filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking; but their /s_r_a_e/_a_/s_a_k_i_g/_i_h/ the present; /_i_e/_u_/ shimmmering on the /_u_e_/l_a_e_/o_/a/_a_t/_r_e/, or on the ripples of a very deep lake."

03-10-2018, 11:20 AM	#509
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	"One felt as if there was an enormous well behind them, filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking; but their /s_r_a_e/ was sparkling with the present; like sun shimmering on the /_u_e_/ leaves of a /_a_t/ tree, or on the ripples of a very deep lake." Is Merry the speaker? Just realized I initially had an extra "m" in shimmering. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

03-17-2018, 11:43 AM	#510
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	a vast tree? __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

03-18-2018, 08:02 AM	#511
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	"One felt as if there was an enormous well behind them, filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking; but their /s_r_a_e/ was sparkling with the present; like sun shimmering on the /_u_e_/ leaves of a vast tree, or on the ripples of a very deep lake." Only two words left! Merry is not the speaker.

03-18-2018, 01:59 PM	#512
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	surface? Pippin? Maybe he WAS the more poetic one. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

03-28-2018, 08:26 AM	#513
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	The quote was attributed to Pippin at a later age, so that might explain the acquired poetry skills. So, yes, correct. Surface is also correct. One more word!

03-28-2018, 09:14 AM	#514
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	OK - I've really struggled over that last word, trying different letters, and letter combinations. It's got me puzzled... and it's not even that many letters to fill in! __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

04-03-2018, 05:14 PM	#515
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Heh, I'm not surprised, it is not an obvious word. It would be one of those final unsolved words that would stump me time and time again if this was somebody else's quote, rather than my own. Want a hint?

04-03-2018, 05:48 PM	#516
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	OK - yes, a hint please. This has gone nowhere for too long. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

04-09-2018, 07:06 AM	#517
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	HINT: the last word refers to the position of the leaves.

04-09-2018, 08:04 AM	#518
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Ha! "outer"??? __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

04-09-2018, 09:57 AM	#519
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Dingding! We have a winner.

04-10-2018, 09:24 AM	#520
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Only took me a month and a half! "R_d_/o_/!/T_e_e/_s/_o/_t_e_/w_y/_o/_a_e/. /_f_e_/s_/l_n_/a/_o_d/_h_l_/w_/b_/h_l_/b_c_ /f_o_/b_t_l_/b_/a/_i_e_-m_s_?" __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!