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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago

Tolkien studied languages, so he would've understood and probably appreciated how often things are named purely based on what they do or their immediate aesthetic values. Language is all about communication after all. Sometimes that necessitates complexity, but it should always be as simple as possible without sacrificing nuance.