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Isn't in incredible that, 50 years after the man's death, we're still learning more about J.R.R. Tolkien? Through his published and unpublished correspondences, of which there are thousands, we better understand his Middle Earth, the historical moment of which he was a part, and even his humanity. Just this month, a recently resurfaced letter of his reveals just how relatable the Lord of the Rings author was to so many of us that write, professionally or unprofessionally - apparently, typos drove him crazy.

The letter is in the news now as it's part of a collection of correspondence being sold by Jonkers Rare Books of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Called by founder Christiaan Jonkers "unquestionably the most important archive of Tolkien material to be offered for sale in more than a generation," (that's a sales pitch), the collection came to Jonkers from the estate of Donald Swann, a comedian and musician who collaborated with The Hobbit author to bring some of his songs to life. 

In the archive, which was reported on by The Guardian and will be on sale in New York this April, Tolkien writes about his frustration with a typist that was hired to transcribe one of his seminal Middle Earth works. Apparently, this poor employee (who had obviously never watched a video by Ashley V. Robinson), made frequent and obvious mistakes, doing such a poor job that Tolkien said his manuscript had been "reduced to nonsense."

The author pointed out that the typist had mistaken "poche for poetic, highballs(!) for high halls, and arias for cries," in her work, though he didn't entirely discount his works' strangeness in her difficulties. "I have some sympathy with the typist faced with such unfamiliar matter," he writes. Notably, Tolkien doesn't make a mention of the typist mistaking any of the Elvish words that he invented.

But while he doesn't knock the employee for screwing up any Elvish, he doesn't praise her for getting it right, either,  "Evidently," he summarizes of his working relationship with this unnamed person, "she wasn’t paying much attention."

One shudders to imagine what he would've thought of autocorrect. 

Whether you're Shirefolk, Elven, Dwarven, or something else, there's a good reason to love Lord of the Rings. We do! With that in mind, we have a dragon's horde of goodies for you from a Lord of the Rings reading guide, a Lord of the Rings watch guide, details on the upcoming animated film Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim, a full the Lord of the Rings reunion panel you can watch, how the OG Hobbit actors stay in touch every day on a groupchat, and the true message of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, according to Gimli himself - John Rhys-Davies.