[RMDupree]

No worries, HHDs.

PJs alright. He just hasn't seen the "Light" yet.

Come PJ...follow us into the Hobbit Hole....come into the Light....all are welcome...all are welcome....

[PJ-Comix]

Tolkien started out by being an expert in old European languages. When I was in High School I was sort of a lackluster English student. Then our teacher assigned us to read some Old English Beowolf Canterbury Tales and to pronounce it correctly. Somehow I picked right up on it and impressed the teacher with my ability to speak Olde English and from that point on I did well in English. BTW, I can still speak Beowolf (or Beowulf) quotes in Olde English:

Withe him ther was his son, a young squyer,
A lover and a lusty bachelor
Withe lockyes crulle as they were laid in presse
Of twenty years of age ey was i guesse.

BTW, most of the words aren't pronounced the way we now prounce them. For example, "guesse" was pronounced "guessa" and "age" was pronounced "azhe."