Re: The Hobbit, after all these years

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Randall M. <randall.m@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Wayne Morrison <tewok@storm-monkeys.com>
> wrote:

>
> Randall (this *is*, though, the book that has led to millions of people
> misspelling the plural of "dwarf")

I know it's not correct, but it just seems more consistent: one wharf,
two wharves; one scarf, two scarves; one dwarf, two dwarves. Not that
English is exactly known for it's consistency :)

Gwyn

--
Rain and sun shall feed me now,
and roots, and nuts, and wild things,
and rustlings in the midnight wood,
half-mad, like Myrddin, wandering.

--Terri Windling

one day I am going to bloom
patient and proud
with fish in my mouth
and eyes in my wings

--Noe Venable


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