Honestly in cases like these, i just like to think that english doesnt exist at all in canon and instead the common language has been translated to english for us, including common phrases and euphemisms being altered to suit to our current vernacular.
Honestly in cases like these, i just like to think that english doesnt exist at all in canon and instead the common language has been translated to english for us, including common phrases and euphemisms being altered to suit to our current vernacular.
That’s more or less what Tolkien said.