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   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <8515fe04-043d-4498-88cf-9e63ed774456@v37g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,   
   Quadibloc   wrote:   
   >On Sep 19, 9:18 am, djhe...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:   
   >> In article   
   ><3c4c123e-0d0e-4e30-b3b9-96c6b852f...@d23g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,   
   >> Jeff Urs   wrote:   
   >   
   >> >And there was the word "numinous" to help him along.   
   >>   
   >> So there was, and that was a favorite word of Lewis's.   
   >   
   >And, in fact, that word was intentionally part of Tolkien's   
   >inspiration too.   
      
   Where did you find that?  _Numenor_ simply means "western   
   land."   
      
    So if Tolkien decided to change the I to an accented   
   >E so as to make things less obvious, yes, Lewis can hardly be blamed   
   >for not anticipating that.   
      
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