tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post4942468476978529634..comments2024-03-05T14:28:49.011-05:00Comments on Tolkien and Fantasy: A Note on Fonway and Fonwegian Douglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-39433703350110257282018-08-02T11:22:58.489-04:002018-08-02T11:22:58.489-04:00Very interesting, thank you!
I have always found...Very interesting, thank you! <br /><br />I have always found Fimi & Higgins' explanation to be uniquely unsatisfying. <br /><br />The device they describe, while perfectly fine for literary purposes, would be wholly unacceptable for a scholarly context (and, of course, completely unthinkable in a scientific context – and Tolkien's old-fashioned comparative philology is, in may ways, aTroelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515711722551393026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-90885831802016481932018-07-25T15:35:28.652-04:002018-07-25T15:35:28.652-04:00Thank you. I also thought it must have been one of...Thank you. I also thought it must have been one of the Tolkien children, but I didn't know about the islands. How lovely!Philologushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02107301685112950857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-75283797694761352452018-07-25T09:09:51.706-04:002018-07-25T09:09:51.706-04:00We may never know the truth, but it sure is fun to...We may never know the truth, but it sure is fun to speculate! Thanks for the interesting thoughts. It seems as reasonable a possibility as any, and more so than most!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com