[Lil'freeper]

The femdwarf thing took me by surprise, too, but sure enough, it is in the appendicies! Better yet, the information regarding femdwarves is attributed to no less than Gimli himself. I thought the beard reference was plesantly humorous and gave the film-Aragorn a chance to demonstrate a sense of humor, an important thing for the future king of Men.

[Overtaxed]

I don't know why this guy has such a problem moving TTT action into ROTK. Quite a bit of the book is Appendices and they're leaving out The Scouring of the Shire.

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Yes, but the appendix does not actually say that the Dwarf women grow beards. Also, Dwarves have a natural tendency to dissimulate when talking to non-Dwarves about Dwarvish matters. They don't like non-Dwarves learning Khuzdul, for instance, and keep their ancient language a secret unto themselves. Given that they are jealous of their "rights" concerning their women, they are not too likely to be a source of 100% genuine information about them.