LOHare t1_ja6c8i0 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:06 AM

Reply to comment by Nixon4Prez in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged

Even the creation story of Tolkienverse is testament to that. Arda was sung into existence. Music was first, then song, and the song was given shape as the physical universe.

LOHare t1_j9p67vy wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:13 PM

Reply to The ents are marching to war. by thisiscotty

Well, at least they found the ent-wives

LOHare t1_iujr61e wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:17 PM

Reply to Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say by 29PiecesOfSilver

The US trained commandos that buckled and folded before the Taliban speed run? Pretty sure Ukraine forces in the field are in a different league than the Taliban.