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Dancing_Hobbit · 01-15-2004, 10:27 AM

Since the origional discussion seems to have petered out and I was wondering, I'll try sending the thread in a new direction.

Where did the word Hobbit come from? Where did Tolkien get the idea? Was it a careless spelling error, or a slip of the toungue that he liked and used? Nothing springs from the imagination without some sort of stimulus, even if we are unaware of what that stumulus was. So, do we know anything about where Tolkien got the idea for the term Hobbit?

01-15-2004, 10:27 AM	#39
Dancing_Hobbit Haunting Spirit Join Date: May 2003 Location: A fairyland of mists and shadows deep in the emerald wood. Posts: 56	Since the origional discussion seems to have petered out and I was wondering, I'll try sending the thread in a new direction. Where did the word Hobbit come from? Where did Tolkien get the idea? Was it a careless spelling error, or a slip of the toungue that he liked and used? Nothing springs from the imagination without some sort of stimulus, even if we are unaware of what that stumulus was. So, do we know anything about where Tolkien got the idea for the term Hobbit? __________________ Hobbits bow to nobody! ...Except their plates...