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01-27-2005, 06:11 PM
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Scent of Simbelmynë
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*grins fiendishly*
Indeed, but the professorship he accepted was a specific one, with a specific name...
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01-28-2005, 12:11 PM
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Memento Mori
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He accepted the post of Rawlingson Professor of Anglo-Saxon.
Apologies for not being more specific in my original answer, I've been away from the 'Downs for quite a while 
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01-28-2005, 02:44 PM
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Scent of Simbelmynë
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It's Rawlinson and Bosworth, technically. But since you're so close you may go, Eruanna.
It is good to see you around... I haven't been re-haunting the downs all that long myself, so I can't tell who's been here all along and who hasn't. 
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01-28-2005, 04:50 PM
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Memento Mori
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Good to be back isn't it?
 I've had a hard time coming up with a question not previously asked, but here goes: In 1992, The Tolkien Society and The Mythopoeic Society decided to celebrate the centenary of Professor Tolkien's birth by doing something that Samwise would undoubtedly have approved of. What did they do?
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01-30-2005, 05:43 PM
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Memento Mori
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Oh dear! Have I killed the thread?
I can offer a clue if needed.
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01-30-2005, 09:30 PM
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Scent of Simbelmynë
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Probably not dead, but hibernating, perhaps.
I could use a clue
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01-31-2005, 08:16 AM
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Wasn't that the first year of the simultaneous, world-wide toast? At something like 18h00 GMT participants from around the world hoisted their choice of libation in honour of the Professor.
It still happens every year, I think -- I've not yet partaken of the ritual, although I think that perhaps it's time the Downs makes an effort to promote it! 
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