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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:03 AM Original message |
Point of English: Is it the "Seven Dwarfs" or the "Seven Dwarves?" |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's dwarfs. |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I see your point |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Either is a correct plural for 'dwarf', however 'dwarfs' tends to be |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. In that context, "dwarfs" is widely used. |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. But you make sense too! |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Seven Little People" |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I prefer "Republican Clown Car." |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sure it's not dorfs? |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Okay, let's move beyond spelling & grammar |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Dwarves" was a spelling invented by JRR Tolkien |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dwarves is the plural of Dwarf. |
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