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That's kind of... insulting.

Nope. Dwarves was coined by JRR Tolkien (at least when referring to fantasy dwarfs) because it was more logical (eg. We say rooves, leaves etc.)

. Oi! Bogs are lovely and homely.

Dwarfs is the standard plural of the noun dwarf. This has been so for centuries. Dwarves is a variant popularized (though not invented) by English author J.R.R. Tolkien in his fantasy fiction works, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Tolkien spelling is appropriate when referring to little people in fantasy worlds. Dwarfs is better everywhere else.

Dwarf also works as a verb meaning to cause to appear small in size. In this sense, dwarf is inflected dwarfs, not dwarves, in the singular present tense.

There is controversy over whether dwarf is ever an appropriate term for real-life people, but we won’t go into the nomenclature issues here.

(Taken from grammarist.com)

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In Scotland, we are classy. We live in castles.

@Stormborn n how to post pics: right click the image, selefct 'View Image'. it should then read as a JPG in the address bar. Copying that address and paste it between the IMG tags in the full post editor.

In regard to what a krisknife looks like: EW! The curves go the wrong way. A krisknife goes up then down, from the handle. Which is backwards. it should go down THEN up. Far better looking. besides, how is a knife with a downward curve supposed to be used exactly? With an upward curve at its tip it makes sense for a wide sweeping strike. Not to sure how to do it with a krisknife.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post mods! (begs for mercy)

@POMC: Assuming you are referring to my English joke as being insulting, I get that a lot. I don't socialize a lot, and as a result I tend to be insulting in the most unexpected and least desired ways. Like I said in my post, I did not mean it to be so. I do apologize if it is.

@POMC again. You may be classy for living in castles, but I bet you are as drafty as heck in 'em.

And you can't say law or saw without adding an "r".

I sawr a robber breaking the lawr.

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It was the "little people".

And we have fire places. Duh!

Fair enough. Thanks. I guess because Tolkien basically invented the dwarfs as a fantasy people, it is acceptable to use his name for them.

DWARVES!

Dwarfs?

Thanks for the tip Venger, my bad on the knife thought it looked pretty.

No Tolkien stole them from the germans.

My dwarvish?

Dwarves. In that context it's dwarves!

well do to a sports related injury, my right leg goes to sleep if I sit too long. So I gotta scat. There is a knife that wants my attention again, plus this pain in my leg is really... well painful of all things. Later taters, and Azura says "HI!" POMC.

Later Taters.

Tell her I said "hi" too!

Yeah, but the Germans don't speak English, so Tolkien was the one who introduced the English word for the dwarfish race.

Venger + Pomcey + Gandalf = Dwarf argument? Figures.

No, in that context it is ACCEPTABLE to say dwarves.

No. It is dwarves. You were referring to Tolkein's race.

He means the word!

My universe!

And to break the argument!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGFMxxGuUFg][/youtube]

True. They are still dwarfs though. Let us leave it there.

I'm surprised Avron hasn't popped her tuppence worth in here.

No, they are dwarves.

And how do you use youtube attachments?

[youtube=then the bit in the YouTube video's URL that comes after the "watch?v="part]. I.E. in yours it'll be

Damn you! *shakes fist*

Do you want more Khazarack?

Dwarfs. Say dwarves again and I'll take you off my friends list. Shock horror!

What do we need advice on, again?