The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.

[300winmag]

Teach him something useful, then. Like Latin. Or C++

I had four years of Latin in high school, and it was one of the best things I ever did, even though I hated it at times. In college, I had to take two years of "modern language", so I took German. Looking back, I would have gotten more out of advanced Latin.

I'm trying to convince my nephew, who is taking German in high school, to take Latin if he can find it offered at a college nowadays. The skills and insights into modern Romance languages, and even English, is something that is only appreciated years later. And it allows me, along with my vast store of trivia, to devastate even tough crossword puzzles.

And the fact that I just admitted taking Latin in high school should tip you off that I'm approaching the "older than dirt" category. But if you want to learn a language just for the love of learning, you can't beat Latin.

[Corin Stormhands]

I actually started trying to learn Japanese about 15 years ago. Never got very far. Before Luke came along, we had a Japanese teacher live with us for a year. He wasn't teaching Japanese, he was Japanese and was doing a teacher exchange program. We wanted him to teach us Japanese, but he wanted to improve his English.

As a side note: He was the stunt actor for the original red Power Ranger!

[HairOfTheDog]

As a side note: He was the stunt actor for the original red Power Ranger!

Would have made more money if you would have had him teach you how to be a movie stunt man!

[Corin Stormhands]

There are reasons I haven't done stunt falls since college...

[300winmag]

I am going to have the boys learn Arabic. I bet they'll be able to use it when he grows up. I can't stand spanish...can't stand to hear it and can't stand to speak it when I'm forced to.

A friend's son is working on a PhD in linguistics at Ohio State. He started with Spanish because it was easy. But he has an "ear" for dialect and pronunciation, and was able to pass himself off as a Spanish college student during his semester in Spain. He calls "Mexican" "slob Spanish", and says the Cuban accent is the toughest one to master.

He taught himself to read Arabic, but refuses to utter one word in that language. He says it's worse than the Black Tongue of Mordor.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Isn't arabic just a bunch of hollering??

Yes, that's true. What is little known is that arabic is dialect of Klingon.

[Corin Stormhands]

G'nite all. I'm going to bed before I tell a pesky [FR Fifth Amendment] to blow it out her underoos...

[HairOfTheDog]

Smart move! :~D Goodnight!

[Wneighbor]

Hi all. Finally home from the busiest day I've had in a long time. Won't be up long. Just thought I'd check in and say hi.

HI!

[Wneighbor]

Oops. Too late. Goodnight Corin.

[My back yard]

I am fishing in a women's tournament on Saturday. I need a cute name for our team. Got any suggestions? One person offered 'luring ladies. I don't know. Thought I would ask all you clever hobbits and dwarves and elves.

[HairOfTheDog]

Babes for Bass

Trawling trollops

Happy Hookers

[HairOfTheDog]

Spinning spinsters!

Fishin' dishes!

[HairOfTheDog]

So you don't like my suggestions?

[HairOfTheDog]

[chuckling to herself]

[My back yard]

LOL, I knew I could count on the hobbit holers here. Those are good ones. I especially liked the trawling trollops. Or maybe trolling trollops.

[HairOfTheDog]

What kind of fish? I think it is important.

[My back yard]

Speckled Trout and Redfish (red drum)

[HairOfTheDog]

I think "Beyond a Reasonable Trout" would be a fun name, specially if there were any lawyers, (or ex-cons)! ;~D

[Jen]

Thanks Alkhin! I always enjoy your cantina.