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Quietust

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Re: "dwarves" not "dwarfs"
« Reply #30 on: February 02, 2012, 08:26:29 pm »
This argument was resolved almost half a year ago - quit reviving this thread with pointless "me too" comments.
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Re: "dwarves" not "dwarfs"
« Reply #31 on: February 02, 2012, 08:32:16 pm »
Quote from: Quietust on February 02, 2012, 08:26:29 pm
This argument was resolved almost half a year ago - quit reviving this thread with pointless "me too" comments.
I second that motion.



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Re: "dwarves" not "dwarfs"
« Reply #32 on: February 02, 2012, 10:34:39 pm »
Quote from: Starver on February 02, 2012, 08:32:16 pm
Quote from: Quietust on February 02, 2012, 08:26:29 pm
This argument was resolved almost half a year ago - quit reviving this thread with pointless "me too" comments.
I second that motion.



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I third it.
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Re: "dwarves" not "dwarfs"
« Reply #33 on: March 22, 2012, 06:00:21 am »
While I prefer "dwarves", "dwarfs" is fine. What I CANNOT TOLERATE is "dwarfes", because it's ugly.

Quote from: Ihmhi on February 02, 2012, 06:00:53 pm
It's dorfs. What's this "v" nonsense? That looks awfully pointy. You know what else is pointy?

A pick. A dwarf's pick, more exactly.
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Re: "dwarves" not "dwarfs"
« Reply #34 on: March 22, 2012, 06:51:18 am »
Quote from: Bohandas on October 18, 2011, 08:12:02 pm
Quote from: toue on June 08, 2011, 09:48:15 pm
Dwarrows: The historical fantasy creatures.

Don't you mean Dvergr ("Duergar")?

A shame Bohandas has been banned so I can not point out to him that those words are just taking the current Scandinavian (or at least Swedish) word for dwarves/dwarfs (or rather taking the sound of that word) and spelling it differently.

So I'll just tell the rest of you and keep this thread already unnecessary thread going.
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Re: "dwarves" not "dwarfs"
« Reply #35 on: June 23, 2012, 05:02:03 pm »
just to keep this going


it's only since tolkien that dwarfs have become dwarves
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Re: "dwarves" not "dwarfs"
« Reply #36 on: June 23, 2012, 11:21:47 pm »
don't keep this going. this thread is about the use of the work on the wiki. the wiki is about dwarf fortress. dwarf fortress uses "dwarves". wiki should be coherent with game terms.
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