From: BrendaWriter@yahoo.com   
      
   On 5/16/2014 3:03 PM, William Vetter wrote:   
   > On Friday, May 16, 2014 1:44:13 PM UTC-4, J.Pascal wrote:   
   >> On Friday, May 16, 2014 8:59:54 AM UTC-6, John W Kennedy wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Ought not Frodo and Sam talk just alike?   
   >>   
   >> Well, okay, they ought not, but why not?   
   >>   
   > Sam was Frodo's servant.   
   >   
      
   Yes, Tolkien instinctively delineates class perfectly in the characters'   
   speech. It is especially notable in the speech of men and hobbits, but   
   even the Elves you can spot class -- look at the elves who are doing   
   beer barrels in HOBBIT, versus Elrond.   
      
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