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Old 02-08-2004, 12:50 PM   #3
lathspell
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Tolkien had a decree in Old English and was Professor in Anglo-Saxon at the Oxford University, so he knew much about languages. I guess the reason is as simple him liking languages so much that therefore he made the M-e languages and the large amount of poetry for his books.

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