Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 16 Nov 1996.
[PIC] Gateway of Moria
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· 1 message · 16 Nov 1996
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Ennyn Durin Aran Moria. Pedo mellon a minno. Im Narvi hain echant:
Celembrimbr o Eregion teithant i thiw hin.
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Mellon! :-)
I recently joined the Oxford's Tolkien Society, Taruithorn, and posted this
picture of the gateway of Moria to our mailing list as a greeting.
Jarkko Lavinen
jla...@balrog.joensuu.fi
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