Google| Subject | Re: OT: Donald&Feanor |
| From | Laurie Forbes |
| Date | 08/23/2004 23:03 (08/23/2004 23:03) |
| Message-ID | <kYsWc.166538$bp1.117399@twister.nyroc.rr.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Matthew Bladen |
| Followups | Count Menelvagor (8h & 43m) |
"Matthew Bladen" <tamibirt@oohay.oc.kuREVERSO>wrote in message news:MPG.1b942e80ae6c77129896a1@news.btopenworld.com... | In article <cgceo8$gdd$1@nyytiset.pp.htv.fi>, Morgil | <morestelx@hotmail.com>says... | | >In fact, Tolkien added an indirect homage, maybe to acknowledge | >his debt to Disney, in LotR, with the famous cameo appearance | >of the mysterious Quick Duck in the Moria battle scene... | | Yet another instance of well-meaning editorial wrong-headedness. The | original text was 'quack duck'.
Clearly, you don't know anything about research and sources and loose canon. The pre-original text, which you don't have access to but I do, was, of course .... OK, what were we talking about? Oh, yes! The word was "quidnunc." Now, nothing against Christopher, but it makes a big difference how you interpret your dad's scribbles if you're pulling all this stuff together at the age of 40 or if you're forced to start when you're 7. Or 9.
08/23/2004
