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Originally Posted by Huinesoron
Haha.
It's actually remarkable how little Tolkien runs afoul of linguistic shift or variance ('wrench' as a tool isn't British English use; we'd say 'spanner' usually). There are other cases - Tom Bombadil springs to mind, with "soon you will be groping!", and then there's Sam describing Elves as 'gay and sad' - but by and large he's managed to avoid it.
hS
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Then there's this classic: "Aragorn and Legolas went now with Eomer in the van." Specifically, a Ford Econoline Custom with shag carpeting and quadraphonic sound.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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