The Archivist’s Nook: Tolkien, Milton, and Rare Books

Christopher Tolkien's marginal note:

"What's the point of all this pedantry if you can't get a detail like this right?"

I think I want this on a t-shirt.

Aelfwine wrote:

Christopher Tolkien's marginal note:

"What's the point of all this pedantry if you can't get a detail like this right?"

I think I want this on a t-shirt.

I thought that was great when looking at the article

https://archive.org/details/oed9barch/page/n678/mode/1up

OED even told you this form is used by Milton for unstressed their, and provided a quote.

Will this do?

https://store.tolkienguide.com/listing/pedantry (black text for light colored shirts)

https://store.tolkienguide.com/listing/pedantry-white-text (white text for dark colored shirts)

I have ordered a sample to make sure everything looks good (the store image is low resolution and I want to make sure the text prints cleanly).

I'll need at least 2.
Thanks.

Ah now that's fabulous 👏

Brilliant!

Do you not need a permission to make merchandise using someone's signature?

Deagol wrote:

Do you not need a permission to make merchandise using someone's signature?

A good point, yes I should. I'll ask before anyone orders any (and I fully expect to get told no).