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   Curlytop to All   
   Re: Mouth of Sauron   
   04 Aug 13 09:33:46   
   
   From: pvstownsend.zyx.abc@ntlworld.com   
      
   Sandman set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time   
   continuum:   
      
   > Two Towers, The Departure of Boromir:   
   >   
   >     ‘S is for Sauron,’ said Gimli. ‘That is easy to read.’   
   >     ‘Nay!’ said Legolas. ‘Sauron does not use the elf-runes.’   
   >     ‘Neither does he use his right name, nor permit it to be spelt or   
   >      spoken,’ said Aragorn.   
   >   
   > Return of the King, The Black Gate Opens:   
   >   
   >     The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dûr he was, and his name is   
   >     remembered in no tale; for he himself had forgotten it, and he said:   
   >     ‘I am the Mouth of Sauron.’   
   >   
   > He always was a bit of a rebel, ey?   
      
   The resolution of this dilemma is obvious (to me at least): Sauron is not   
   Sauron's right name.   
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