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Originally Posted by Inziladun
The first part seems reasonable, the second: not so much. Tolkien just doesn't give the appearance of a man who would have found that amusing.
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I'd generally agree, but... there
is that fact that he created a handful of Gnomish & Qenya words relating to sexuality. While he generally comes across as being almost entirely uninterested in that sort of thing, it's always worth considering that one's private thoughts can be very different to one's public presentation.
At the very least, we know that he enjoyed wordplay; so while he may not have been amused himself, I'm sure he wouldn't take offense at us being so.
hS