There will soon come more posts, but I definitely agree with your opinion: Ringwraith=Nazgul. The term Nazgul is actually derived from the word Nazg that can also be found in the ring's inscription. (Nazg means ring in the Black Speech). The extract of LotR you were quotating simply means IMHO the following: When the 4 Hobbits first encountered the Nazgul in the Shire, they knew nothing about them, so they were only black riders. It was only afterwards that the hobbits learned the term "Nazgul", that's why in retrospective, Pippin still keeps to that difference in nomenclature.
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EfR
Added: I remember reading some details about this in The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power section. There you will probably to be able to find the word Nazgul a dozend times without a mention of the flying steed.
<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:20 PM December 22, 2003: Message edited by: Elrond of Rivendell ]
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