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From: Michael Poxon <m.poxon@...>
> Re the supposed -ul suffix in Nazgul? I think you'll find that this is
Nazg
> + gul, i.e., "Ring" + "Wraith". Incidentally, Nasc is Irish Gaelic for
> "ring". I seem to remember Tolkien saying somewhere that he wasn't that
fond
> of the sound of the Goidelic langs, so maybe he's trying to tell us
> something!
> Mike
LOL! And so Tolkien doesn't borrow, doesn't MAKE his words from any
real world sources, my foot! And I imagine that gul is "ghoul." < Arabic
_ghul_, BTW.
Sally Caves
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