Quote Game - Part 11

***Earniel*** · 08-27-2008, 04:24 PM

The previous thread can be found here. For the new thread, the same rules apply as before.

Basically, you take a quote and remove every second letter, and put a slash between words, and punctuation marks. A solution must include all words solved correctly and the correct speaker identified. Whoever solves the last element, be it quote, speaker, or both, posts the next one. It is not necessary for the one solving to say who it is said to, anything about the context, or what book it's found in.

Example: "I/_i_l/_i_e/_o_/a/_a_e/,/_n_/I/_h_l_/c_l_/y_u/_t_n_."

Answer: "I will give you a name, and I shall call you Sting." Bilbo Baggins (from The Hobbit)

Anything from the books: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales is fair game. No movie quotes.

Suggestions for posting:
Some gamers find this method best, fastest, easiest and most accurate. When you've found your quote, type it all in without blanks, simply using the '/' instead of a space, as well as before and after each punctuation mark. Just after a punctuation mark can be a convenient place for a carriage return, if the spacing looks good. After typing, check for spelling and to see that all the words are correct. Then go through and replace every other letter with an underscore '_' - this goes quickly if you use the 'forward arrow' key to advance, use the 'delete' key and then add the underscore where the letter was.

Oh - and we try our best to solve the quotes without looking them up. However, if the one who posted the quote is away or not responding, a player may look up an attempted full solution to see if it was correct before moving on and posting the next quote.

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-28-2010, 02:20 PM

T_u_y/,/ _a_e_/i_/b_c_m_/n_w/_a_r_r/_h_n/_y/_e_r_/i_a_i_e_/,
/n_i_h_r/_a_/m_/s_c_e_/t_o_g_t/_o_c_i_e_/t_e/_n_w_l_k_/,
/n_r/_n/_l_/m_/m_s_c/_a_/c_n_a_n_d/_h_/f_l_i_g/_f/_h_/r_i_/./ I/_i_l/_e_k/_a_w_/,/t_a_/h_/a_d/_/m_y/_a_e/_e_o_i_s/_o_/e_e_/
t_/m_/d_l_g_t/./

Midge · 04-28-2010, 02:47 PM

Truly, ... is become now ..

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-28-2010, 03:28 PM

So far, so good.

Pip · 04-28-2010, 06:49 PM

Truly/,/ _a_e_/is/become/now/_a_r_r/when/my/heart/i_a_i_e_/,
/neither/was/my/secret/thought/_o_c_i_e_/the/_n_w_l_k_/,
/nor/_n/_l_/m_/music/_a_/c_n_a_n_d/_h_/f_l_i_g/_f/_h_/r_i_/./ I/will/_e_k/_a_w_/,/that/he/and/I/may/have/_e_o_i_s/_o_/e_e_/
to/my/delight/./

This is what I was able to squeeze from it. Did I get anything right?

Butterbeer · 04-28-2010, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Midge

His name was ButterBUR, not Butterbeer.

Oh My!

..and to think i should have lived long enough to be "Good Morninged" by the Old Took's grandson...

(oh my again... that quote really isnt quite so accurate!!)

Quote:

And he didn't say those words.

It was a guess further away from the real speaker, too ...

Well it was, of course ... an extremely long-shot that a Landlord at the very end of the Third Age ... that only remembers his name because people shout it at him all day ...might somehow really be not be as he seemed ... and perhaps really not a Mortal man at all...

LOL!

Is Val still around? There Used to be a rule (likely a little unofficial i guess..) for the odd humourous interjection... or something ... rather than pithy Grammer Nazi's unable to understand humour...

oh my!

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-28-2010, 07:58 PM

when, was, have are incorrect. The rest is right on!

Midge · 04-28-2010, 09:55 PM

Truly, Manwe is become now fairer than my heart imagined,
neither has my secret thought conceived the/_n_w_l_k_/,
nor in all my music was contained the filling of the rain/./
I will seek Manwe, that he and I may make/_e_o_i_s/for ever
to my delight.

Count Comfect · 04-28-2010, 10:04 PM

knowledge.

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-29-2010, 07:11 AM

Manwe, has, filling, knowledge are incorrect. The rest is good. Update:

Truly, /_a_e_/ is become now fairer than my heart imagined,
neither /_a_/ my secret thought conceived the/_n_w_l_k_/,
nor in all my music was contained the /f_l_i_g/ of the rain/./
I will seek Manwe, that he and I may make/_e_o_i_s/for ever
to my delight.

Midge · 04-29-2010, 11:14 AM

can my secret thought?

falling of the rain?

Karen is become now?

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-29-2010, 12:15 PM

Falling is correct. Can and Karen are not.

***Varnafindë*** · 04-29-2010, 12:55 PM

had my secret thought

***Varnafindë*** · 04-29-2010, 01:03 PM

conceived the snowflake!

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-29-2010, 01:40 PM

had and snowflake are correct, V. You know this one, don't you?

Truly, /_a_e_/ is become now fairer than my heart imagined,
neither had my secret thought conceived the snowflake,
nor in all my music was contained the falling of the rain.
I will seek Manwe, that he and I may make/_e_o_i_s/for ever
to my delight.

***Varnafindë*** · 04-29-2010, 01:47 PM

I don't exactly know it, but I seem to remember having seen it before.
I don't know the last two words yet - I'm not just leaving them alone ...

Is Varda the speaker?
If not, then probably some other Vala, which I won't try to guess at yet.

***Valandil*** · 04-29-2010, 04:32 PM

We've done this quote a couple times before.

The speaker is Ulmo... can someone else get the last couple words?

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-29-2010, 04:38 PM

There's a chance, Val, that I have even been the one to do it before. It seemed familiar but it's also one of my favorites. I, like Ulmo who you have correctly identified, love the snowflake and the music of the falling rain.

Two words left. Clues are within the quote itself.

***Varnafindë*** · 04-29-2010, 09:47 PM

water
melodies

(finally working them out - not remembering the details from last time

)

Edit:
It is indeed a lovely quote.
And I'm sure that the Quote Game is where I remember it from

Midge · 04-29-2010, 11:03 PM

... don't remember it.

08-27-2008, 04:24 PM	#1
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Quote Game - Part 11 The previous thread can be found here. For the new thread, the same rules apply as before. Basically, you take a quote and remove every second letter, and put a slash between words, and punctuation marks. A solution must include all words solved correctly and the correct speaker identified. Whoever solves the last element, be it quote, speaker, or both, posts the next one. It is not necessary for the one solving to say who it is said to, anything about the context, or what book it's found in. Example: "I/_i_l/_i_e/_o_/a/_a_e/,/_n_/I/_h_l_/c_l_/y_u/_t_n_." Answer: "I will give you a name, and I shall call you Sting." Bilbo Baggins (from The Hobbit) Anything from the books: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales is fair game. No movie quotes. Suggestions for posting: Some gamers find this method best, fastest, easiest and most accurate. When you've found your quote, type it all in without blanks, simply using the '/' instead of a space, as well as before and after each punctuation mark. Just after a punctuation mark can be a convenient place for a carriage return, if the spacing looks good. After typing, check for spelling and to see that all the words are correct. Then go through and replace every other letter with an underscore '_' - this goes quickly if you use the 'forward arrow' key to advance, use the 'delete' key and then add the underscore where the letter was. Oh - and we try our best to solve the quotes without looking them up. However, if the one who posted the quote is away or not responding, a player may look up an attempted full solution to see if it was correct before moving on and posting the next quote. __________________ We are not things.

04-28-2010, 02:20 PM	#2
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	Quote Game - Part 11 T_u_y/,/ _a_e_/i_/b_c_m_/n_w/_a_r_r/_h_n/_y/_e_r_/i_a_i_e_/, /n_i_h_r/_a_/m_/s_c_e_/t_o_g_t/_o_c_i_e_/t_e/_n_w_l_k_/, /n_r/_n/_l_/m_/m_s_c/_a_/c_n_a_n_d/_h_/f_l_i_g/_f/_h_/r_i_/./ I/_i_l/_e_k/_a_w_/,/t_a_/h_/a_d/_/m_y/_a_e/_e_o_i_s/_o_/e_e_/ t_/m_/d_l_g_t/./ __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

04-28-2010, 02:47 PM	#3
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Truly, ... is become now .. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

04-28-2010, 03:28 PM	#4
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	So far, so good. __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

04-28-2010, 06:49 PM	#5
Pip Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tuckburough Posts: 258	Truly/,/ _a_e_/is/become/now/_a_r_r/when/my/heart/i_a_i_e_/, /neither/was/my/secret/thought/_o_c_i_e_/the/_n_w_l_k_/, /nor/_n/_l_/m_/music/_a_/c_n_a_n_d/_h_/f_l_i_g/_f/_h_/r_i_/./ I/will/_e_k/_a_w_/,/that/he/and/I/may/have/_e_o_i_s/_o_/e_e_/ to/my/delight/./ This is what I was able to squeeze from it. Did I get anything right? __________________ America, what will we miss while we are sleeping/Will Jesus come again and leave us slumbering where we lay/America, will we go down in history/As the nation with no room for it's King/Will we be sleeping?

04-28-2010, 07:58 PM	#7
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	when, was, have are incorrect. The rest is right on! __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

04-28-2010, 09:55 PM	#8
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Truly, Manwe is become now fairer than my heart imagined, neither has my secret thought conceived the/_n_w_l_k_/, nor in all my music was contained the filling of the rain/./ I will seek Manwe, that he and I may make/_e_o_i_s/for ever to my delight. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more! Last edited by Midge : 04-28-2010 at 09:59 PM.

04-28-2010, 10:04 PM	#9
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	knowledge. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

04-29-2010, 07:11 AM	#10
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	Manwe, has, filling, knowledge are incorrect. The rest is good. Update: Truly, /_a_e_/ is become now fairer than my heart imagined, neither /_a_/ my secret thought conceived the/_n_w_l_k_/, nor in all my music was contained the /f_l_i_g/ of the rain/./ I will seek Manwe, that he and I may make/_e_o_i_s/for ever to my delight. __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

04-29-2010, 11:14 AM	#11
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	can my secret thought? falling of the rain? Karen is become now? __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

04-29-2010, 12:15 PM	#12
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	Falling is correct. Can and Karen are not. __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

04-29-2010, 12:55 PM	#13
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	had my secret thought __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

04-29-2010, 01:03 PM	#14
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	conceived the snowflake! __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen Last edited by Varnafindë : 04-29-2010 at 01:04 PM.

04-29-2010, 01:40 PM	#15
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	had and snowflake are correct, V. You know this one, don't you? Truly, /_a_e_/ is become now fairer than my heart imagined, neither had my secret thought conceived the snowflake, nor in all my music was contained the falling of the rain. I will seek Manwe, that he and I may make/_e_o_i_s/for ever to my delight. __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

04-29-2010, 01:47 PM	#16
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	I don't exactly know it, but I seem to remember having seen it before. I don't know the last two words yet - I'm not just leaving them alone ... Is Varda the speaker? If not, then probably some other Vala, which I won't try to guess at yet. __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

04-29-2010, 04:32 PM	#17
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	We've done this quote a couple times before. The speaker is Ulmo... can someone else get the last couple words? __________________ 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!!

04-29-2010, 04:38 PM	#18
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	There's a chance, Val, that I have even been the one to do it before. It seemed familiar but it's also one of my favorites. I, like Ulmo who you have correctly identified, love the snowflake and the music of the falling rain. Two words left. Clues are within the quote itself. __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

04-29-2010, 09:47 PM	#19
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	water melodies (finally working them out - not remembering the details from last time ) Edit: It is indeed a lovely quote. And I'm sure that the Quote Game is where I remember it from __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen Last edited by Varnafindë : 04-29-2010 at 09:49 PM.

04-29-2010, 11:03 PM	#20
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	... don't remember it. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!