Why Hollywood Butchers Tolkien

[ZehnWaters]

"Words, especially their derivation, usage and changing meaning, were Tolkien’s greatest fascination."

I find this entirely unsurprising. His constantly changing words and pronunciation, etc. are extensive in his notes.

 

[Olorgando]

"Words, especially their derivation, usage and changing meaning, were Tolkien’s greatest fascination."

I'm guessing JRRT was also familiar with an ironic joke current among comparative philologists:

"No language changes more rapidly than unrecorded proto-Indoeuropean."