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   Curlytop to All   
   Re: Mouth of Sauron   
   04 Aug 13 11:31:57   
   
   From: pvstownsend.zyx.abc@ntlworld.com   
      
   Sandman set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time   
   continuum:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Curlytop  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Sandman set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time   
   >> continuum:   
   >>   
   >> > Two Towers, The Departure of Boromir:   
   >> >   
   >> >     ヤS is for Sauron,ユ said Gimli. ヤThat is easy to read.ユ   
   >> >     ヤNay!ユ said Legolas. ヤSauron does not use the elf-runes.ユ   
   >> >     ヤNeither does he use his right name, nor permit it to be spelt or   
   >> >      spoken,ユ said Aragorn.   
   >> >   
   >> > Return of the King, The Black Gate Opens:   
   >> >   
   >> >     The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-d柮 he was, and his name is   
   >> >     remembered in no tale; for he himself had forgotten it, and he   
   >> >     said: ヤI am the Mouth of Sauron.ユ   
   >> >   
   >> > 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.   
   >   
   > So Aragorn was just sharing some totally irrelevant information? :)   
      
   No, he was merely setting Gimli straight on what the S might stand for.   
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