Re: Red dwarves, deep future

George W Harris (gharrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
On 19 Sep 2007 23:07:12 GMT, af250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John Park)
wrote:

:Butch Malahide (fred.galvin@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
:> On Sep 18, 3:33 am, Erik Max Francis <m...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>> The usual spelling in astronomy is "dwarfs," not "dwarves," by the way.
:>
:> Not just in astronomy. "Dwarfs" is the normal and usual plural, in all
:> senses of the noun "dwarf". The unusual form "dwarves" is, I think,
:> mainly an affectation of certain fantasy writers.
:>
:Originally Tolkien.

Actually, Tolkien used the plural "dwarrow".
:
Where? Not in _TLotR_.

--John Park

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