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     * Carl F. Hostetter explains this in //“Elvish as She Is Spoke”//,((:fn:>I'll add a link to it later.)) but it's essentially just the creation of a //historical grammar//. Though my knowledge of linguistics is //very// poor because I don't know what that is.
     * As far as I understand it, what Tolkien was doing was using a method to describe a //real// language just that he was using it to //make// a language. And this method just so happens to be one where verbs and syntax are at the //end//. If you're familiar with Tolkien, you'll probably feel //some// kind of pain because now you //know//.
-      * I'm saying this because it contrasts with the <abbr>LCK [Language Construction Kit]</abbr> method(s) that dominate now. Those methods are concerned with producing a language ex-nihilo using methods explicitly for language construction, whilst Tolkien was using a method for language //description//.
+      * I'm saying this because it contrasts with the <abbr "Language Construction Kit">LCK</abbr> method(s) that dominate now. Those methods are concerned with producing a language ex-nihilo using methods explicitly for language construction, whilst Tolkien was using a method for language //description//.
   * I recently read [[https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2566&context=mythlore|this]] which I will incorporate somewhat into this article...because I agree with the conclusion here, somewhat and I think I can put it into my own words.