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I Nestadren I: Hên Al-geveneb translates to...?

There had been something suspicious about the painting. Xiv'riit had thought the painting was suspicious, and hoped Keegra would find it out. Which left it free to upgrade its weaponry before investigating the tunnel.

"Now, before it hands over its weaponry to you," the shardmind said smoothly, "it would like you to answer Keegra's question."

It had hoped to investigate the painting for signs of recent usage before it was destroyed, but for now, questioning was the more direct line. That said, it moved over to peer at the frame, as casually as it could.

"not to interrupt or anything, but I don't suppose any of you were aware of this passage? I think we should investigate."

Try this one.

In any case, have an invite.

(Seriously, why is this thing still on the wiki.)

Anyway.
After re-reading the Sue Colour Spectrum article for a quick laugh or five I've gone on a wiki-walk and found Glopsnerch.

Now what makes me wonder is: with an invention this old, why hasn't anyone attempted to jellify it (think silicone rubber) or fill it into something like those desiccant gel packets in order to create glopsnerch ear plugs?
These would most likely eliminate the slight (or not-so-slight, depending on other headgear) discomfort of snerchmuffs, the no doubt unpleasant task of refilling these earmuffs with what appears to be a viscous and as such not well-behaved jelly, as well as the need for showers every time post-mission if one elects to use raw glopsnerch instead.

Thank you for the reply !

I really have no idea what's going on with the account I made but I've emailed Twitter ( and sent messages to their Help center ) and they continue to send me the SAME response each time , to give them a phone number so that they can text me a code to unlock the account.
Anyway , I have a relative that'll let me use her phone number and asap , I'll be deleting the account once ( and IF ) I can unlock the ^*#!!! thing .
So that was my first and last experience with using Twitter - just a few minutes followed by days of stress and hassle , getting NO help from the website and NO explanation of why they shut me out of the account .
Okay , long rant part two done and I'm sorry if I talked your ear off ! :)

Well the book is gorgeous, and it sure looks like a very happy tale. I hope I'll enjoy reading it as well!

It's good to see you're still around somewhat!

You'd better hope I don't actually finish it, or you'll end up creating an actual dub...

hS

Get your translate on, and we'll meet back here to compare on... Wednesday?

I'm going to do Unearthly Child. You can do the same (which would be a direct race, plus it would be fascinating to see how differently we translated it), or you can pick your own preferred episode (which would arguably be a more interesting read). Or you can ignore it as a ridiculous idea. ;)

You're right about man; I didn't know about it, because I'm using the Ardalambion Sindarin wordlist, and the Turin Wrapper which gives it was only published in 2013. Cool. :D So Man I Nestadren works, and has the added bonus that since since there's no 'to be' verb, it can also mean "Who, the Doctor". Double meanings are fun.

Anyway - see you in a couple of days. Let's see if I can get past the first scene...

hS

PS: I won't be translating stage directions - just the words that are spoken.

of keys I have ever personally come into contact with, Key, I will give you this: you are certainly the most interesting one.

I probably wouldn't use you to keep my socks safe, and it might be a bit weird if I took you to a key cutter to make a spare copy of you, and it would be even weirder if I kept you hidden under the mat in front of the door for emergencies, but know this: as keys go, you are very, very, very, very, very very very interesting.

I've been lurking about as well, so it's all good.

Sorry for laying around suspiciously. I'll find myself a couch.

--Key may have strange nicknames, but she is not an appropriate newbie gift

I have a special gift that I got especially for you!

*pokes through boxes*
*digs through a pile of old holiday cards that should have been thrown out years ago*
*brushes layer of dust aside*

It's a beautiful copy of my favorite book, The Littlest Elf! I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

--Key hands you the book and runs

This is so weird. I was completely obsessed with the series for much of my preadolescent life (I think I still have my terrible nine-year old fan art). And now I'm slowly but surely learning that this is an actual fandom, which can be listed alongside typically nerdy things like Discworld* and Star Trek**. I am utterly stupefied, a word which here means "startled and feeling an equal mix of excitement to find people who enjoy the same things I do and fear that my childhood will be forever ruined by badly-written porn starring Count Olaf."

Or do you just mean the Netflix adaptation? Or the movie *shudders*?

--Key

*Has been top of my to-read list for years.
**Watching in chronological order. On season three of TOS and suffering going strong!

I don't use Twitter (I have an account, but I abandoned it years ago), but what social network in its right mind would set it up so that can happen? Have you sent your rant to their help center? Maybe it's a bug or something.

--Key

As a welcome-back gift, here's arguably the best VGM from the best JRPG ever (and I dare anyone to gainsay either claim): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE0hhzASHwY