You know you're obsessed with LOTR when ...

[Eönwë]

When at school you need to write the word "habit" but you by mistake spell it as "habbit", which you then correct to "hobbit" without thinking, only later realising your mistake.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Eönwë

When at school you need to write the word "habit" but you by mistake spell it as "habbit", which you then correct to "hobbit" without thinking, only later realising your mistake.

Whoops! That sounds like something that I would do! Did you turn this in before you realised this?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Eönwë

When at school you need to write the word "habit" but you by mistake spell it as "habbit", which you then correct to "hobbit" without thinking, only later realising your mistake.

I think I did not use to misspell the word habit when I was in middle school. Leastaways I was never corrected for it by teachers.

And then I read this post.

On which I blame the most habbit-filled years of my life.




Conclusion: habbits are contagious.

[Galadriel55]

When you mean to write "middle ear" but end up writing "middle earth"...

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I think I did not use to misspell the word habit when I was in middle school. Leastaways I was never corrected for it by teachers.

And then I read this post.

On which I blame the most habbit-filled years of my life.

Conclusion: habbits are contagious.

It's been how many years? And I still can't shake off the habbit. And every time it happens, I think back to this post. Seriously, this never used to happen until I read it! And now I can't get rid of it!

(But in all probability it is likely just the muscle memory of writing/typing a certain word...)

But to add a new phenomenon relating to writing, in recent months my Google Docs has started recognizing certain ME names/Elvish terms and auto-correcting mis-typed names to spell them correctly. You know there is a lot of Tolkien happening on your computer when the AI learns how to speak Elvish.

[Alassë Estel]

You know you're a bit obsessed when one day you find yourself studying Quenya and learning multiple modes of Tengwar. Also, sewing a cloak. And when anyone mentions Rings of Power your friends and family give you one of those "Uh-Oh, don't get her started" looks.