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History Matters: Tolkein dug deep into how names came to be

Red River Radio
Published February 20, 2018 at 7:45 AM CST
Mabel Tolkien (neé Suffield, 1870 - 1904)
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English: Handwritten Christmas card with a coloured photo of the Tolkien family, sent by Mabel Tolkien from the Orange Free State to her relatives in Birmingham, on November 15, 1892.
Dr. Gary Joiner
Credit Press Image / LSU Shreveport
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at 7:45 a.m. Historical linguists put the asterisk to work in their profession. History Matters commentator Gary Joiner explains how.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.
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