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03-01-2005, 09:27 AM
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The Perilous Poet
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During the early South Africa years, Daddy Tolkien’s servant Isaak took JRRT to show to his village.
Arthur Tolkien forgave him for this and so Isaak named his first son "Isaak Mister Tolkien Victor" after him. Unexpectedly ~R
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03-01-2005, 11:15 AM
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Absolutely right, Rim, and nice to see you posting here again! Next one's yours...
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03-02-2005, 07:11 AM
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The Perilous Poet
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Ah, but at around the same time, what happened to three of the infant Tolkien's bibs?
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03-02-2005, 07:50 AM
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Now this is really digging deep into family memories. A neighbour's pet monkeys chewed up three of baby Toller's "pinafores". Is this what you mean by "bib", Mr. Ribbet?
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03-02-2005, 08:20 AM
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The Perilous Poet
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Indeed it is, Ms Berry, and I wasn't aware that 'bib' did not translate overseas. You learn something every day.
The floor is yours, Ma'am. Grandiosely ~R
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03-02-2005, 12:37 PM
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You have done a public service, oh Perilous one. You have salvaged my view of Toller's infancy from a fate as bad as Ruskin's. Bib works here for infant neck apron, but around these parts, 'pinafore' is refers to the large aprons which young girls and teens wore over their dresses in earlier times. Oh these niceties of pond swimming.
But as to the floor: What did Tolkien do in hospital and on leave, after he survived the Battle of the Somme?
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03-02-2005, 03:33 PM
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He began writing the stories that later became the Silmarillion and the Book of Lost Tales.
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