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This article is from the Tolkien Newsgroups FAQ, by Steuard Jensen sbjensen@midway.uchicago.edu with numerous contributions by others.

08 What do all the abbreviations used on the groups mean? (Tolkien Newsgroups)

Some names and phrases come up so frequently on the Tolkien
newsgroups that they are often abbreviated for convenience. A few of
the very most common are defined below; these definitions are excerpted
from Sir Confused-a-Lot's AFT Glossary, at:

http://glossary.trask.org.uk/

JRRT: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
ME: Middle-earth
LotR: _The Lord of the Rings_
FotR: _The Fellowship of the Ring_
TT: _The Two Towers_
RotK: _The Return of the King_
Silm.: _The Silmarillion_
UT: _Unfinished Tales_
HoMe: the "History of Middle-earth" series
Letters: _The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien_

NG: Newsgroup
TEUNC: "Tolkien Eccentric Unusual Nut Cases", an eGroup of
Tolkien fans, some of whom frequent the newsgroups
LOL: Laughing Out Loud
ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing

 

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