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TCG Letter #498
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Alina Dadlez
Date
19 September 1962
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien writes explaining that "I prefer hobitos since it preserves to the eye more relationship to the original word. I do not much mind the h being 'mute'; I am sure many hobbits drop their hs like most rural folk in England."
The original letter is held in the Tolkien-George Allen & Unwin Archive, HarperCollins.
The original letter is held in the Tolkien-George Allen & Unwin Archive, HarperCollins.
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