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I generally watch Gryfflet's adventures episodes on youtube rather than live. Is there someplace to ask questions that Corey might answer during his adventures with Gryfflet? Is this perhaps the place to do so?

Watching Gondor Gambolling 59, I'm amazed that Corey never mentions the OED. After all, he is the Tolkien Professor. Based on my expereince, it's sort of a let's look at the all that all they ways this word has been used through history and see if we can use all these sources to figure out what...

Last night I watched Gondor Gambolling 58, in which Gryfflet becomes acquainted with Woses, and Corey raised a number of questions regarding their history and naming. I found the Wikipedia article on Druedain quite instuctive. I had not realized that they orginated in the east; part of them...

After last week's discussion regarding the merriment in the secluded glen and whether that merriment included Boromir, I've been thinking. As far as I understand, the original plan was for Boromir to leave the fellowship at some point to go to Minas Tirith and Aragorn planned to accompany him...

I just watched Gryfflet's visit to Yondershire, and thought I might contribute a tiny bit (not really related to Lord of the Ring, but to the online game). The stablemaster in the far east on the road to Evendim is not near any buildings at all, but it is at the golf links - not quite in the...

Yesterday I was running around Ergion, looking for Small Elf Statues, and I thought it strange that LOTRO did not make it clear. Was it Small-elf Statues, or Small Elf-statues? They do make this distinction clear many other places in the game, especially regarding berry bushes and such. Is there...

I've been listening to the BBC radio dramatization of the Lord of the Rings. Today it was the flight to the ford, and I particularly noticed Glorfindel's counsel to Frodo, "I doubt very much, he said, if your friends would be in danger if you were not with them. The pursuit would follow you and...

Listening to Corey's commentary this week on the fading of the Elves, I was reminded of an account of the departure of fairies from England in Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill, first published in Strand Magazine in 1906 when Tolkien was 14. I know Corey has stated that it is pointless to consider...

I found this report interesting: Nasa report on Earendel The report says that this is a new record for the farthest star ever seen. Apparently, the name means "morning star" in Old English. I wonder if the folks at NASA who assigned the name might possibly be familiar with Earendil of Tolkien lore.

According to Appendix E, "PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS AND NAMES", the pronunciation of the initial sound of "when" might be different from the "w" sound in words like "winter" and "will". It says "W has the sound of English w. HW is a voiceless w, as in English white (in northern pronunciation)...

I find Bilbo's last requests to Frodo interesting. After Frodo dons his old clothes over the mithril mail, Bilbo says "All I ask in return is: take as much care of yourself as you can, and bring back all the news you can, and any old songs and tales you can come by." We know Bilbo is a collector...

I've been wondering about the phrase "I sit beside the fire and think...". When read out of context, one might suppose it refers to a fire on the hearth of Bilbo's hobbit hole, Bag-End. But I think not. Bilbo has been living for a good many years among the Elves in Rivendell, and when Frodo...

I find the following information regarding recordings of Tolkien reading from his works (links to text or videos on the internet): Tolkien and tape recorders Stanley's Recollections of Tolkien - note the issues with Tolkien's pronunciation challenges relating to his false teeth Radio program...

I've missed a lot of the field trips with Exploring the Lord of the Rings (Online). So, it may have already been covered, but... What does the published text tell us about the domestic arrangements of the different races and/or cultures, and how is the reflected in the world we visit in LOTRO...

When the company encounters the snow on Caradhras, we read the following: Aragorn was the tallest of the Company, but Boromir ... was broader and heavier in build. ... In places the snow was breast-high and often Boromir seemed to be swimming or burrowing with his great arms rather than...

After the fellowship (minus Gandalf) escape Moria they continue five leagues on down to the edge of Lothlorien. Boromir is reluctant to enter Lothlorien and Aragorn tells him that "there is no other way for us - unless you would go back to Moria-gate, or scale the pathless mountains, or swim the...

I've been musing on the question of uncloaking the Nazgul, and have a few questions. What does it mean for a wraith to be cloaked? LOTRO presents lots of bad guys that are essentially physical entities animated by an incorporeal spirit. We see it with dark water things, grims of various sorts...

A few weeks in the future, we will find the company chatting about Hollin. We read the following, starting with a comment from Gandalf: 'There is a wholesome air about Hollin. Much evil must befall a country before it wholly forgets the Elves, if once they dwelt there.' 'That is true," said...

I know this question is a bit behind the flow of the sessions, but after watching the discussion regarding Gandalf's Announcement, and why or why not Gandalf should accompany Frodo to the Cracks of Doom, I wondered... Clearly, Frodo will need some help to get there, both to guide to protect...

I quote two phrases from the wikipedia article on "Ferret": The name "ferret" is derived from the Latin furittus, meaning "little thief" A male ferret is called a hob; This seems an interesting coincidence, since Bilbo, the original hobbit, is selected to join the Thorin's quest in the role...