Most English-speaking people, for instance, will admit that cellar doo…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Most English-speaking people, for instance, will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. Well then, in Welsh for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent. ✨ J. R. R. Tolkien (1963). Angles and Britons, Cardiff, University of Wales Press
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