Wasn't it also called Westernesse? It's been a while since I've read
Tolkien...
...John...
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: "Common" Tongues
> It would astonish me if this use of "Common" weren't drawn from JRRT's
> "Common Speech", which indeed was a trade-tongue in origin, though
decreolized
> when adopted by the Numenorians in exile.
>
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