Friends, this is why I love the Internet so much. I was on my way to looking up a bit of info – how to pronounce Hergest, actually – when I came across this link.
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I loved finding out about this stuff and the academic injokes Tolkien played.
I did force myself to continue on to the pronunciation question. It really annoys me when I don’t know how to say something even if I’m just reading about it. Har-guest. Got it.