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Eldar14 · 10-18-2002, 06:34 PM

Well yes, Tolkien did you use elves instead of elfs. But he was one of the first to do so. I've heard people say the elves is the post-Tolkien form of elfs. And on the issue of dwarfs, in the introduction thingy (yes thingy) in my copy of the Hobbit by Tolkien, he discusses his use of dwarves, and how dwarfs is actually corrects, and that he just uses dwarves for a certain group of dwarfs in the mythos, but I don't remember the specifics.

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10-18-2002, 06:34 PM	#11
Eldar14 Wight Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: the Cottage of Lost Play Posts: 182	Well yes, Tolkien did you use elves instead of elfs. But he was one of the first to do so. I've heard people say the elves is the post-Tolkien form of elfs. And on the issue of dwarfs, in the introduction thingy (yes thingy) in my copy of the Hobbit by Tolkien, he discusses his use of dwarves, and how dwarfs is actually corrects, and that he just uses dwarves for a certain group of dwarfs in the mythos, but I don't remember the specifics. [ October 18, 2002: Message edited by: Eldar14 ] __________________ "Come away! Let the cowards keep this city!" -- Fëanor to the Noldor