Thanks to the excellent index in
Letters, this was easy to find! (Happily for me, since I've not the time and energy for a lengthy search.) Here's the answer straight from Letter #72:
Quote:
I am not really satisfied with the surname Gamgee and shd. change it to Goodchild if I thought you would let me.
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Now, we've seen that surname used on this site, haven't we? *Esty points in the direction of 'Cami'...
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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