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bend1310 t1_ja55wg5 wrote

Reply to comment by Athildur 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

Oh. My. God.

It's finally here. I've always wanted to do this.

Relevant XKCD

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Athildur t1_ja637hm wrote

If I've learned anything during my time on the internet, it's that there's always a relevant XKCD. Bless you.

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