? about Fonstad's "Atlas of Middle-earth"

GaryH wrote:

> I believe this is the same for musicians as well.
> -gary
>
>> Can you proofread your own stuff? I mean, I do catch errors checking
>> my own work, but to really see it as it is, it needs to sit for a few
>> months untouched.

And double for software authors
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"Christopher Kreuzer" <spamgard.TakeThisOut@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> webmaster.TakeThisOut@tolkienbooks.net <webmaster.TakeThisOut@tolkienbooks.net> wrote:
> > Probably the easiest way to check is to look at the 'Selected
> > References' at the end of the book - if the last 4 volumes of the
> > History of Middle-earth are included then it has been updated since
> > 1991.
>
> Good idea.
>
> > Deagol
> > An Illustrated Tolkien Biliography
> > www.tolkienbooks.net
>
> Can I politely point out a spelling mistake in your sig?
>
> That is an amazing website you have!
>
> Christopher
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I had to read replies to know what you meant. I looked, and looked, saw
nothing wrong.
 >> Stay informed about: ? about Fonstad's "Atlas of Middle-earth" 

Christopher Kreuzer <spamgard RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Michele Fry <michele RemoveThis @sassoonery.demon.co.uk> did not write:
>> In article <FNtee.25875$G8.7815@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
>> Christopher Kreuzer <spamgard RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>>
>>>> Deagol
>>>> An Illustrated Tolkien Biliography
>>>> www.tolkienbooks.net
>>>
>>> Can I politely point out a spelling mistake in your sig?
>>
>> But you didn't actualy point out that the second "B" in biBliography
>> was missing... ! And since Deagol hadnt noticed it is the first
>> place, there's no guarantee he'd have noticed it now either - the
>> mind often reeds what the eyes except to see - I know this form long
>> assocaition with proof-reading even before it became my trade...
>
> Oh rubbish! When it is pointed out that something is wrong, people can
> spot things easily. When it is not pointed out though...
>
> Sickle of the Valar

My conscience forces me to confess that in a "Peter Pan moment" I
rewrote parts of the above quotes previously attributed to Michele Fry,
hence the change in the second attribution line. Michele spotted the
mistakes that I added to the section quoted from her post, but I don't
know if anyone else did. Her original post was, of course, free of any
such errors, which were entirely due to me. Sorry, Michele!

Sickle of the Valar was to remind me that I made 7 alterations. If I may
now quote a certain Voldemort: "Some corrections have been noted [and
have now been reverted] on an amanuensis copy of the texts."

Christopher

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