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   Lewis to All   
   Re: OT: Mockingjay 1   
   25 Nov 14 14:05:33   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   Okay, so one time? In band camp? Paul S  Person  was all, like:   
   > On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:25:24 -0500, Bill O'Meally  geemail dot com> wrote:   
      
   >>On 2014-11-22 20:58:41 +0000, Lewis said:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> That would be H3, not TH3. WOuld you abbreviate The Terminator as TT?   
   >>> The Wind in the WIllows as TWWITW? The Unites States of America as   
   >>> TUSOA?   
   >>>   
   >>> Of course not.   
   >>   
   >>To be fair, _The Hobbit_ has traditionally been abbreviated "TH" in   
   >>these newsgroups.   
      
   > But who says Lewis intended to be fair?   
      
   Heh. Point taken.   
      
   But I was confused by "TH3" and would never have associated it with "The   
   Hobbit".   
      
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