h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

?Aragorn!? Boromir called, ?did Elrond find Gimli?? ?He is joining kind Legolas, moving northwards on ponies.? Quizzically replied steward, ?To undermine vicious warlords & xenophobic young zealots??

-FTF&NTG

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"Aragorn!" Boromir called, "did Elrond find Gimli?" "He is joining kind Legolas, moving northwards on ponies." Quizzically replied steward, "To undermine vicious warlords & xenophobic young zealots?"

-FTF&NTG

Oh a note: Boromir is heir to the seat (not throne- he's not a king) of Gondor. The old kings died, but the stewards survived to rule Gondor. Thus, boromir can be reffered to as "steward"

Also, NTG is my best friend (not on h2g2 but i'm trying!) who helped me write this entence.

-FTF

P.S. Sorry about stealing the "Xenophobic young zealots", but it semed to accompany "Vicious warlords" nicely...

Hello Fadookie... ~grin~... What you have written is wonderful... but it several sentences... not just one... as it has to be...

If you could alter it... so it read as one sentence... very hard me knows... especially with all the spoken words you have... plus you can't have an & between warlords and xenophobic... perhaps just a comma will do...

Me really hopes you can alter this to fit the rules... as it is really good... me has my paws crossed...

Hugs.. Greebs.. xx

I don't know whether it is possible to make my sentence "one" with all the quotes. It would be gramtically incorrect, see:
"Aragorn!" Boromir called, "did Elrond find Gimli-""-He is joining king Legolas moving northwards on ponies," quizzicaly replied steward, "-To undermine vicious warlords, xenophobic young zealots?"

It desn't flow as nicely, and it is gramtically incorrect. Why can't the ampersand just qualify as punctuation? It would make a lot more sense. Would a "+" work? (ex "warlords + xenophobic")

*Hopes it will work out all right*

-FTF

P.S. you can have the donut on my signature greebs- i'll just get another one

Hmmm... me see's what you mean... it's a shame what you wrote is invalid as it is... how about changing it slightly...

"Aragorn," Boromir called, "did Elrond find Gimli, he is joining king Legolas moving northwards on ponies quite rapidly so to undermine vicious warlords, xenophobic young zealot?"

How about:
"Aragorn," Boromir called, "did Elrond find Gimli, halt, instead: join kind Legolas, move northwards on ponies quite rapidly so to undermine vicious warlords, xenophobic young zealot?"

-FTF

use a ; instead of a comma between warlords and xenophobic (it conveys an understood conjunction, i.e. and)

"Aragorn," Boromir called, "did Elrond find Gimli, halt, instead: join kind Legolas, move northwards on ponies quite rapidly so to undermine vicious warlords; xenophobic young zealot?"

That sort of changes the meaning, but I'll go with it if that'll get it accepted.

-FTF