“Good Morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.
“What do you mean?” he said. “Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”
-- End exact quote from “The Hobbit”.
Bilbo reflected that it was a great shame that Gandalf had violated literary norms by offering 4 options (in place of the traditional 3), and that this number corresponded to the number of simulacra levels, but that only 1 or 2 of the options corresponded cleanly to levels. (1 : a good morning whether I want it or not), (4 : wish me a good morning).
“Good Morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.
“What do you mean?” he said. “Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”
-- End exact quote from “The Hobbit”.
Bilbo reflected that it was a great shame that Gandalf had violated literary norms by offering 4 options (in place of the traditional 3), and that this number corresponded to the number of simulacra levels, but that only 1 or 2 of the options corresponded cleanly to levels. (1 : a good morning whether I want it or not), (4 : wish me a good morning).