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Re: J.R.R. Tolkien Day

From "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com>
Newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.religion.tolkienology, alt.fan.tolkien, alt.fantasy
Subject Re: J.R.R. Tolkien Day
Date 2025-07-09 14:14 -0500
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Don wrote:
> David Dalton wrote:
>> January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day (his birthday).
>
> How Tolkien Disguised Ice-Age Europe as Middle-Earth
> <https://thesaxoncross.substack.com/p/tolkien-ice-age-europe-and-middle>

Interestingly, that article puts the "Bay of Belfast" in the middle of the
Mediterranean Sea. Is it possible that this might be a typo for the "Bay
of Belfalas"? Maybe the text was auto-corrected (for some value of
"corrected").

-- 
Michael F. Stemper
Economists have correctly predicted seven of the last three recessions.

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      Re: J.R.R. Tolkien Day "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2025-07-09 14:14 -0500
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