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TCG Letter #482 / Carpenter Letter #169

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Hugh Brogan

Date

11 September 1955

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien was asked about 'Numinor' in C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength and responds that it is a form of unintended borrowing. Tolkien clarifies that the correct spelling is Númenor or Númenore.

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