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Start date Jun 18, 2021
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Glorfindel Goldtress

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Deimos said:
In Letter 184 Tolkien explains that near Birmingham, (where he spent his childhood) "gamgee" (or "gamgee-tissue") was a colloquial local word for surgical cotton-wool, invented by Dr. Joseph Sampson Gamgee.
The "word pun" in the story is his linking together the families of Cotton and Gamgee .

That is indeed a passing reference in the same notes Tolkien wrote for the foreign publications. I can send in PM to you the PDF of Tolkien's instructions regarding his nomenclature if you desire. If anyone else would like it, let me know.

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