Okay, “obscure” might be relative here. Some of these were obscure to me, but they might not be to someone else, or they might all be obscure to someone else. Everybody has their own sphere of knowledge; my goal is to widen mine and share that now-widened knowledge with others. So, here you go.
Nov 24, 2021Liked by Olivia of A Ghost in the Post
Thank you for this lovely epistolary installment of Hobbit-y goodness! Did you know Tolkien not only contributed to my favorite dictionary—the OED—but also served as an editorial assistant? Logophiles unite. :-)
Letter #14: Obscure Hobbit-y Words from the Dictionary
Boule! Cool! So, if I go to Panera and ask for soup in a bread bowl, is it technically a bread boule? : )
Thank you for this lovely epistolary installment of Hobbit-y goodness! Did you know Tolkien not only contributed to my favorite dictionary—the OED—but also served as an editorial assistant? Logophiles unite. :-)