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Lord Of The Rings Memes

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[–] MummifiedClient5000 19 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah I recall reading that he later said he wished he had gone with dwarrow since it's an older root word.

[–] MummifiedClient5000 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He could have just written a story about how a wizard changed the word.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

Discworld explanation for anything unexplainable: 'Wizard did it"