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   From: jcb@inf.ed.ac.uk   
      
   On 2011-09-03, Christopher Kreuzer  wrote:   
   > 3) The words of the Mouth of Sauron: thee, thou, hast, shalt,   
   > shouldst. Interestingly, after his opening salvo, the Mouth of Sauron   
   > lapses back into normal speech. Is this intentional on his and   
   > Tolkien's part?   
      
   Isn't it just that by then he's talking to all the Captains, or at   
   least to both Aragorn and Gandalf? The "opening salvo" is two   
   utterances addressed individually to Aragorn and Gandalf respectively.   
      
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