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The argument can be made that words mean what the people who use them intend them to mean, Thin, 'cause that's how words change meanings.
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Yet if I decide to mean "up" when I say "down", I can hardly complain when I am misunderstood.
The moment that strikes me as most tragic in Tolkien's writing is when Ungoliant sucks the Trees dry of their light. If we're just talking about LotR, I suppose it would be the moment when Gollum almost repents and is then told off by Sam.
Actually, on second thought, the most tragic thing is the fact that Tolkien never wrote a full Tale of Earendil.