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Originally Posted by The Teapot
Anyone who read Lord of the Rings at twelve can tell you that you can only read 'thou' so many times before the desire to scratch out your own eyes begins to overpower.
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Doesn't happen a lot in LOTR, though. I think the boss Nazgūl says it, just once. A better example might be the Book of Mormon. I finished LOTR the first time at fifteen, and only regret that I did not first read it at twenty-one, when I enjoyed and appreciated its literary depth so much more. A twelve-year-old might get twitchy with LOTR's slow start, but the trilogy amply repays the mature reader.
You've just managed to make that word unintelligible to the ear.
You're forcing it to rhyme with "gable" or perhaps the Monty Python "un-sing-ABLE." A G followed by an A will be hard, the improbably-spelt "gaol" being the only exception I can think of. Also a spelling I almost never use.
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Lets not worry too much about being 'right'.
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Clearly you don't -- but I recommend that you worry a little harder. The absence of the tadpole in the contraction
Let's is bothering me, and really, it's no effort to get contractions right, nor spelling either.
Let's not worry too hard about Kingswood being stubborn about this, either. I can think of worse hobbyhorses to ride, and if this is his, it's still a reasonably amusing couple of laps around the carousel.