Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Retrofitted

Dwarfs


17 posted on 04/22/2023 7:07:45 PM PDT by TexasGator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]


To: TexasGator
LOL I thought it got that from me (we're playing AD&D together and the original books used "dwarves") but apparently it got it somewhere else: "Dwarfs is the standard plural of the noun dwarf. Dwarves is a newer variant popularized (though not invented) by English author J.R.R. Tolkien in his fantasy fiction works, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Tolkien spelling is appropriate when referring to little people in fantasy worlds. Dwarfs is better everywhere else."

https://grammarist.com/usage/dwarfs-dwarves/#:~:text=Dwarfs%20is%20the%20standard%20plural,little%20people%20in%20fantasy%20worlds.
18 posted on 04/22/2023 7:24:58 PM PDT by Retrofitted
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson