Week 104 - Tolkien Tuesday: Heraldic Overtones

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Continuing our look at Tolkien’s 1961 letter to his Aunt Jane, we find an argument for why a word like ‘argent’ is beautiful even before it is understood. Totally unlike The Man of the West, of course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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