Post by Porphyre on May 4, 2014 15:27:21 GMT -6
I a very aware that the precedent thread was locked by the administrators and please believe that my intentions are in no way to re-ignite a flame war, but I just found a very interesting post I found worth sharing, which adresses the origin of the word "ranger" and it's use in Tolkien works, probably answering to the question previously asked,:
middle-earth.xenite.org/2012/02/06/why-did-tolkien-use-the-name-ranger/
middle-earth.xenite.org/2012/02/06/why-did-tolkien-use-the-name-ranger/