https://tolkiengateway.net/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=NickF 2026-06-12T00:27:08Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.41.1 https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forums:Aerie&diff=263087 2015-01-18T10:00:25Z

<p>NickF: Confirmation that Bilbo invented the term &#039;Aerie&#039;.</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div style=&quot;background: #eee; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px&quot;&gt;'''[[Main Page|Tolkien Gateway]] &amp;gt; [[Forum:Council|Forums]] &amp;gt; {{PAGENAME}}'''&lt;/div&gt; [[Category:Council]]<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;!-- Start writing after this line --&gt;<br /> Aerie. I can confirm that the term 'Aerie' certainly was of Bilbo's invention, as suggested on the page dealing with this subject. In the 1970s I wrote to Professor Tolkien about some points that had intrigued me in 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil' and I asked about the mention of Aerie there. Professor Tolkien was kind enough to reply - in a letter long since lost, alas! - and he confirmed that Aerie was &quot;mere Bilbonic invention&quot;.</div>

NickF