Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 25, 1999, 6:50 |
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On Wed, 24 Nov 1999 17:41:14 -0500, Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
>> But the popularity of the L.R. has imposed "dwarves" as an alternative
>> plural, specifically in "fairy-story" contexts.
>
>I don't think I've ever seen "dwarfs" anywhere.
How about "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"? (There's also "white =
dwarfs",
an astronomical term.)
(Of course, the reason "dwarfs" remains in the title of Snow White is =
that
Disney animated the classic tale before Tolkien's spelling had a chance =
to
catch on. What would have happened if _The Hobbit_ had come out a few =
years
earlier?)
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