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NancyBrooke
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 Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject: Need Help from a Brit or Hobbit fancier |
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I'm writing some Hobbit dialog and need some help.
I have Pippin recounting the events of Bilbo's party and saying "grand" four times in short succession! Can someone help me find an appropriate synonym? 'Brilliant' springs to mind but that seems too contemporary. 'Fantastic' maybe?
Oh! Can someone help this poor Yank?
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SilverMoonLady
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject: Totally grand :) |
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Well, it depends each time on what 'grand' means...
there's splendid, fine (as in a fine time), marvellous, impressive, awesome (though that's kind of modern too), incredible, imposing... well, I'm sure you've thought of these already! 
Brilliant does sound a bit modern, but at the same time it sounds kind of 'Pippin' too. Can't you just hear him say it?  Hmm.. well, give it a few hours and all the Brits will be back on to help us Yanks:) |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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Poor Yanks indeed... 
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Panneth
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Some Brits are still awake...
I'd go with splendid, marvellous, fine, wonderful, perfect..
I wouldn't use grand, it's a bit Irish and definitely not awesome. That's very American if you're talking about having a good time, though a sight or a view can be awesome.
Possibly brilliant, but I think it would be used in Tolkien's work for shininess of an object, rather than as an expression for a good time.
Definitely time to go to bed before I anger someone over my use of the English language!
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, everyone (except maybe BB  ); I hadn't thought of splendid or marvellous, and they just might fit the bill.
Y'all are totally excellent! 
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BittenBuggy
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | Thanks, all (except maybe BB ) |
 Sorry Nancy, but I'm every bit as American as you, and I refuse to pick up British slang 
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owleyed
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 5:32 pm Post subject: *Shakes Head* |
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You've got to love the Brits and the Irish oh and the Scots and maybe the French! =D And the Yanks are okay....hehehe, j/k. You could also use magnificent, fantastic or amazing. Pippin is, to be quite frank, the sweetest and most foolish hobbit that I've ever had the chance to read about or see on the "Big Screen". Ookay, I'm babbling......bye bye byez..........
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