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So far I've only had time to read the foreword, but I plan to start into it a bit tonight.
(Okay, yeah, basically, I just wanted to gloat and be the first to post in this forum.
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That's a high compliment, indeed!In fact it reads very similarly to "The History of the Hobbit".
Ah, well that one is a particular shame, I think.Voronwë_the_Faithful wrote:On p. 216, it says "as renown a Tolkien scholar as Shippey", when it ought to be "renowned".
It dates to the 1850s: << Etymology >>yovargas wrote:Was the term not coined until later?Primula Baggins wrote:And of course at the time Tolkien was writing, either name would have sounded fine.
Yes, indeed.N.E. Brigand wrote:Ah, well that one is a particular shame, I think.Voronwë_the_Faithful wrote:On p. 216, it says "as renown a Tolkien scholar as Shippey", when it ought to be "renowned".