"Melekurion Abatha!"
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"Melekurion Abatha!"
Would this be a good thing for a shirt?
Avatar wrote:But then, the answers provided by your imagination are not only sometimes best, but have the added advantage of being unable to be wrong.
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I'd wear a "I'm a leper" teeshirt.
I think it would be pretty funny!
I think it would be pretty funny!
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Um ... I don't think that's an accurate translation (although it sure SEEMS like it). 
It's used like a swear some times, but they're the first two Words of Power. I hope to the Creator that they don't really translate to "Hellfire and Bloody Damnation." I'd shudder to think what the other ones would mean. We'd end up having George Carlin's list of the "seven words you can't say on TV." (which I can rattle off in less than a second since I watched that comedy special SO many times back in the 80s, but dare not do so in front of the kids)
It's used like a swear some times, but they're the first two Words of Power. I hope to the Creator that they don't really translate to "Hellfire and Bloody Damnation." I'd shudder to think what the other ones would mean. We'd end up having George Carlin's list of the "seven words you can't say on TV." (which I can rattle off in less than a second since I watched that comedy special SO many times back in the 80s, but dare not do so in front of the kids)And then the ravens pecked out his eyes.
yes!!kevinswatch wrote:Heh, I would still rather have a "Conformity of purpose will be achieved through the mutual satisfaction of requirements" t-shirt. Heh.-jay
me too!you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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I'd buy one if I weren't dead, and liked lame t-shirts.
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Speaking of the words of power; the books say there are seven; I count six. Am I reading them wrong? Melenkurion abatha! Duroc minas mill khabaal! If anyone want to look, in the paperback edition of Power That Preserves from 1993, page 352, about four paragraphs down, where Mhoram has entered the Raver's seige outside Revelstone and is preparing to blast the Raver with Lords' fire. This looks like SIX words to me, but maybe Melenkurion is translated as two words or something. Can anyone shed any light on it? I have wondered since the first time I read this and heard them called the Seven Words of Power, not the Six words. If there has been a post for this question, forgive me. I am a new member and have not read all the posts. Thanks!
Rocksister Fist and Faith
Rocksister Fist and Faith
Heard my ears aright? Did not the gaddhi grant me this glaive?
One must have strength to judge the weakness of others. I am not so mighty. Lord Mhoram in TIW
One must have strength to judge the weakness of others. I am not so mighty. Lord Mhoram in TIW
