• gnutrino@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    Just checked my copy of the book and it’s October there too. It also starts by saying that Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday is 22nd September so it’s not a one off.

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        2 days ago

        IIRC in the appendices he translated the names of months, days, etc. into a bunch of different languages. That may be what you’re remembering

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          Yeah, people who nitpick about that tend to ignore that all of Lord of the Rings is supposed to be a translation.