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geordie
Tol Eressea
Jul 20 2013, 10:58pm
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- but your mentioning Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone just brought this to mind - http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/whats-on/online/magical-books/george-ripley-and-the-philosophers-stone It's a great exhibition - I've been there once already, and I intend to go again. .
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Possibly Moronic question...was there ever any attempt to publish Tolkien's books in 'American English'?
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malickfan
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Jul 19 2013, 5:12pm
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My Ballantine editions
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Rembrethil
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Jul 19 2013, 5:32pm
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I wonder what Tolkien thought?
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noWizardme
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Jul 20 2013, 8:12am
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Ah, OK thanks for clearing that up
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malickfan
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Jul 20 2013, 6:33pm
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In short, no. -
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geordie
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Jul 19 2013, 6:53pm
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Belvish
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Elthir
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Jul 20 2013, 12:29pm
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yes; I can't remember the exact details -
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geordie
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Jul 20 2013, 4:56pm
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"Bilbo was gonna be eleventy-one,111, a right big number..."//
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L. Ron Halfelven
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Jul 20 2013, 1:51am
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I am an American
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Werde Spinner
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Jul 20 2013, 1:57am
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I see a lot of mangled writing from lots of locations when reading on the internet
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Magpie
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Jul 20 2013, 2:26am
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What particularly pains me
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Ataahua
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Jul 20 2013, 3:44am
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yeah... that's a bit ironic when it happens
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Magpie
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Jul 20 2013, 1:45pm
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The most bizarre posts I've seen
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Jul 20 2013, 3:58pm
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I do think that accounts for some of them.
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Magpie
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Jul 20 2013, 6:28pm
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I agree Magpie
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elaen32
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Jul 20 2013, 4:14pm
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in defense of american english
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Maciliel
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Jul 20 2013, 4:04pm
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Hah, we have EXACTLY the same problem here in the UK Mac!
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elaen32
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Jul 20 2013, 4:24pm
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It does seem to be more of a generational thing
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angelclaw
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Jul 20 2013, 5:38pm
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lowercase
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Maciliel
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Jul 20 2013, 5:47pm
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Since when did being dumb become cool?
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angelclaw
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Jul 20 2013, 6:01pm
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i suspect
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Maciliel
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Jul 20 2013, 6:08pm
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Americanise TH?
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geordie
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Jul 20 2013, 9:29pm
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I hadn't heard of it before HP
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Magpie
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Jul 20 2013, 10:32pm
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Apropos nothing much -
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geordie
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Jul 20 2013, 10:58pm
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Oh, sure.
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Werde Spinner
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Jul 20 2013, 5:46pm
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Thankfully,
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Arandiel
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Jul 20 2013, 4:52am
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Never understood it, either.
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Werde Spinner
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Jul 20 2013, 5:51pm
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well...
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Maciliel
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Jul 20 2013, 6:01pm
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don't you just love discussing words and language!
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Magpie
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Jul 20 2013, 6:43pm
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Yes- great discussion
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elaen32
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Jul 20 2013, 8:12pm
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word geek
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Maciliel
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Jul 22 2013, 11:15pm
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Similarly
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dernwyn
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Jul 23 2013, 1:51am
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the shibboleth of boston
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Maciliel
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Jul 23 2013, 1:54am
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And how do you pronounce
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dernwyn
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Jul 23 2013, 2:17am
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+exactly+
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Maciliel
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Jul 23 2013, 2:21am
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LOL!
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dernwyn
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Jul 23 2013, 2:30am
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Fanu'l
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squire
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Jul 23 2013, 2:30am
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Little linguists, come out to play...
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Werde Spinner
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Jul 20 2013, 8:42pm
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Squiggles
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elaen32
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Jul 20 2013, 10:15pm
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'Grammatically ecumenical' - I love that word, 'ecumenical'!//
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Arandiel
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Jul 21 2013, 5:50am
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It's one of my favorites. :)
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Werde Spinner
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Jul 22 2013, 8:38pm
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I certainly hope not
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demnation
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Jul 20 2013, 5:29am
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Oops just noticed -
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geordie
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Jul 22 2013, 8:48pm
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