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Re: THEORY: derivation question

From:Brian Betty <bbetty@...>
Date:Friday, March 26, 1999, 16:18
Tom Wier wrote: "I don't think I've heard people say "dwarfs" any more than
I've heard people say "leafs"... where'd you get that?"

"Dwerrow" was my favorite - that was Tolkien's posited irregular plural form.

BB
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