Re: Anachronisms in LOTR

"Douglas Eckhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "RufusTFirefly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > 'Tobacco' is never mentioned in 'LotR'.  You might suppose that
> > 'pipe-weed'
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> > Yes it is. Re-read 'Flotsam and Jetsam'. Longbottom leaf is
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> Ah, but thats just the modern equivlent term used in the translation.

Ok, I give up. The OP comments that we can't necessarily say that
pipeweed is tobacco because it is 'never mentioned in LotR'. I cite a
reference where it not only is mentioned, but a type of pipeweed is
specifically referred to as 'tobacco'.

The strawman yet again rears its ugly head.
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Bill

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