Thanks for reminding me to put this on my reading list! For after I finish Steerswoman of course ;)

Hey cut her some slack she'll figure it out eventually

Actual conversation from years ago
Me, with a little Sindarin: "well I can tell you it's probably the plural form of 'craban'"
Brother: "okay what's 'Crabans from Dunland'"
Me, furiously googling "Sindarin dictionary":

This isn't an answer but when I had a mini schnauzer I would boop her and shout "SCHNAUZER SCHNOZ" which would I'm turn make her really excited

Best book I read all year btw. Not even a hard pick.

Holy nail envy batman 🤯

I loved the worldbuilding in this book, I do think there's a bit of fridge logic around match-pairs and whether etymological relationships matter. (If no why study them? If yes, why does Chinese work?) But the way it gets related to the workings of the colonial project is *chefs kiss* so I forgive!

I follow the channel but I didn't sub and I can chat!

Oh my God same!! Was literally forced to finish Eagle even though I was fucking miserable every time there was an outing (without understanding why I just wasn't clicking with the forced masculinity)

It was all worth it when the other eagle scout I worked with ALSO transitioned though 🤣

Well did you smash that subscribe button?

What do you mean "transatlantic" we have chocolate smarties in Canada eh?