Carta 97
Summary
Tolkien reports wasting time writing a letter to the Catholic Herald (published as "The Name Coventry"). A sentimentalist correspondent had written about the etymology of Coventry; if someone said it did not come from Convent then that was not "in keeping with Catholic tradition". Tolkien calls the writer a boob. Convent had entered English after 1200 A.D. and had meant "assembly"; the meaning of "nunnery" was not recorded before 1795. Being annoyed, Tolkien asked if he wanted to change the name of Oxford to Doncaster, but thought him too stupid to see the mild quip.
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