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I had a whole analysis of this written up, mentioning the fact that 'Syx Mynet' contains the word 'wif' in plain text (and rhymed with 'lif'), highlighting the point where monks claims to have concluded after 2015 something they already thought in 2005, and noting that they've clearly not read the description of Angainor very well, since it makes it clear that the links are all alloys. But in fact, the argument is so weak that I only need two points from it. If the argument is that Tolkien symbolised himself with Silver-Moon-Bombadil-2, and Edith with Gold-Sun-Goldberry-6, then:
-What are we to make of the fact that sixpence (explicitly linked to Goldberry by monks) is famously a silver coin?
-Why, if Tolkien used 6 and 9 because of his and Edith's ages when they met, did he use 6 to represent Edith, rather than himself? And why did he have the Hobbits meet Tom on the 6th, and leave on the 9th?
It is trivially simple to string together pairs of concepts, provided you ignore the discrepancies that show up. Expecting Tolkien not to immediately think 'silver sixpence' - a coin he would have used in daily life - is a huge example of that.
hS
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