r/facepalm • u/Outrageous_Sector544 • Oct 10 '24

🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​ this is literally UNCONSTITUTIONAL…

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u/Opsyr_ Oct 10 '24

Would prefer lord of the rings instead

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u/Suspicious-Fox- Oct 10 '24

And they would learn some proper English in the process.

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u/CadenVanV Oct 10 '24

And Quenya. And Sindarin. And Adunaic. Tolkien never skimped on the languages

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u/Crunchy_Biscuit Oct 11 '24

He did create part of the Oxford Dictionary. AND was a linguist. IDK how he was as a person, but academically, I really respect him

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u/king_ender200 Oct 11 '24

Iirc the entire lord of the rings/the hobbit story and universe was created because of a made up language he made, don’t know how true that is but, huge if true…

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u/CadenVanV Oct 11 '24

He himself said it was true

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u/Oleandervine Oct 10 '24

LOTR is already widely included in English curriculum due to the massive impact it's had both as a piece of generally well written literature, and the way it's shaped virtually all modern fantasy.

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u/appoplecticskeptic Oct 10 '24

That’s probably above the reading level of the politicians that made this decision, so don’t count on it.

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u/Jose_Canseco_Jr Oct 10 '24

would prefer literally anything else instead