#but he made up for it with the Sharkey’s End pun for Bagshot Row

[jrrtolkiennerd]

So, the literal translation of cul-de-sac (which in the U.S. is what we dub neighborhood streets that either end in a dead end or a one way round about) is “bottom of a sack.” Hmm, interesting phrase. Sounds kind of familiar too.

Well, another word for a sack is a bag, and the bottom of a bag is like its end, so…

Wait a minute.

It’s another language joke. He snuck another language joke in. Omg Tolkien how many of these are there?!