20_Questions_-_Öjevind_(extra)

External Since: Dec 01, 2008 Posts: 9

On Jun 5, 5:17 pm, John W Kennedy wrote:
> On 2011-06-05 13:39:32 -0400, Öjevind Lång said:
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> > "Tahi" skrev i meddelandet
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> >>> Not trying to beat my own drum, but I miss the quizes a
> >>> bit. Animal kingdom.
> >>> 1. Mentioned in LoTR?
> >>> Yes.
> >>> 2. Sentient?
> >>> No.
> >>> 3. Mentioned in "The Fellowship of the Ring"?
> >>> Yes.
> >>> 4. One specific animal (as opposed to a group or a
> >>> general type)?
> >>> No.
> >> 5. Would it fit in a breadbox?
> >>> No.
> >>> 6. Mentioned before the Fellowship leaves Rivendell?
> >>> Yes.
> >>> 7. Creatures with four legs?
> >>> Yes.
> >>> 8. With wings?
> >>> No.
> >>> 9. Equines?
> >>> No.
> >>> 10. A dog?
> >>> No.
> >>> 11. Mentioned before Frodo enters the Old Forest?
> >>> Yes.
> >>> 12. Mentioned before Frodo leaves Bag End?
> >>> No.
> >>> 13. Mentioned in the chapter "Three is Company"?
> >>> No.
> >> 14. The 'creatures snuffling among the roots' in Frodo's dream at
> > Crickhollow?
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> > No. A piece of advice here: Look through the revious qustions and
> > answers and ponder what the questions I have answered actually ask.
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> Unfortunately, this immediately raises the question of whether
> "sentient" actually means "sentient", or is being abused to mean
> "sapient", as it so often is.

I'm so glad somebody else pointed that out this time...

External Since: Apr 18, 2008 Posts: 21

On 2011-06-05 13:39:32 -0400, Öjevind Lång said:

> "Tahi" skrev i meddelandet
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>>> Not trying to beat my own drum, but I miss the quizes a
>>> bit. Animal kingdom.
>>> 1. Mentioned in LoTR?
>>> Yes.
>>> 2. Sentient?
>>> No.
>>> 3. Mentioned in "The Fellowship of the Ring"?
>>> Yes.
>>> 4. One specific animal (as opposed to a group or a
>>> general type)?
>>> No.
>> 5. Would it fit in a breadbox?
>>> No.
>>> 6. Mentioned before the Fellowship leaves Rivendell?
>>> Yes.
>>> 7. Creatures with four legs?
>>> Yes.
>>> 8. With wings?
>>> No.
>>> 9. Equines?
>>> No.
>>> 10. A dog?
>>> No.
>>> 11. Mentioned before Frodo enters the Old Forest?
>>> Yes.
>>> 12. Mentioned before Frodo leaves Bag End?
>>> No.
>>> 13. Mentioned in the chapter "Three is Company"?
>>> No.
>> 14. The 'creatures snuffling among the roots' in Frodo's dream at
> Crickhollow?
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> No. A piece of advice here: Look through the revious qustions and
> answers and ponder what the questions I have answered actually ask.

Unfortunately, this immediately raises the question of whether
"sentient" actually means "sentient", or is being abused to mean
"sapient", as it so often is.

--
John W Kennedy
"The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything...."
-- Emile Cammaerts, "The Laughing Prophet"