TolkEIn - misspelling or conspiracy?

Then there's the Hysteria of Liddle Mirth, edited by Christiaan Tolkein.....
 
I'm a Chinese, I've never had that misspelling too ^.^ though yes, I've came across people spelling the name as Tolkein and definitely as 'definately'.
 
Who's they? I mean you hear of them everywhere but who are they?
 
The Clinjas! Or, clown ninjas to the layperson.

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Is that you Joel? Come on you can own up to us. We will just tell everyone.
 
You can say that again!

The neighbouring species knows enough kaleidoscopic science to seize a sufficiently weird vein.
:D:D
 
I was taught the following rule:
"I before E except after C, when the sound of the diphthong is ee"​

and then was told that rules in English almost always have exceptions.

As for names, the rule is to spell them correctly (;)).
 
Ursa major said:
I was taught the following rule:
"I before E except after C, when the sound of the diphthong is ee"​
and then was told that rules in English almost always have exceptions.
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Ah....that would be a scientific rule, then.....:D
 
It could perhaps be thta he himself pronounced his name Tol-keen rtaher htan tol-kin- could it not?
Or possibly just a lot of typos.
 
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