Timeline for Why could the trolls from the Hobbit speak, whilst the ones in LOTR could not?
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| Jul 18, 2017 at 1:44 | comment | added | Harry Johnston | The trolls in The Hobbit were turned into stone permanently when touched by daylight, so I think "turned into stone during daylight" is misleading. | |
| Jul 17, 2017 at 22:12 | comment | added | Charlie | @chepner. Good note. This makes much more sense than them being a species of troll. | |
| Jul 17, 2017 at 21:55 | comment | added | chepner | The quote in RotK is "black men like half-trolls with white eyes and red tongues" (emphasis mine). I've always taken that as a simile, describing their appearance, not as naming their species. | |
| S Jul 17, 2017 at 21:28 | history | suggested | Joshua Taylor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2017 at 20:37 | vote | accept | Charlie | ||
| Jul 17, 2017 at 18:56 | history | edited | amflare | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2017 at 18:43 | history | edited | amflare | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2017 at 18:38 | history | answered | amflare | CC BY-SA 3.0 |