Dwarfs Vs Dwarves Which Is Right And Which Is Wrong?

[LanternArchon]

Awnser the poll or reply your awnsers will count up all votes and replies

 

[Tokuu]

Tolkien coined the phrase 'dwarves' so it's technically 'dwarfs', but to me, either is acceptable as language changes all the time. What was commonplace 60 years ago may not be commonplace now, and vice versa

 

[leversandpulleys]

I'm going with this logic from the Grammarist: "The Tolkien spelling is appropriate when referring to little people in fantasy worlds. Dwarfs is better everywhere else."

When used in a fantasy setting, let Tolkien set the standard.

 

[LanternArchon]

But if you saw a group of dwarf walking along the street would you call them dwarves or dwarfs

 

[LanternArchon]

Yay # dwarves ftw

 

[leversandpulleys]

But if you saw a group of dwarf walking along the street would you call them dwarves or dwarfs

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If it's a street in Aloria, dwarves. If Minnesota, dwarfs.

 

[LanternArchon]

Ok seems logical

 

[Mattium_]

Dwarves seems more in-touch with the normal English dialect, and I'm a Tolkien fan so Dwarves for me but yeah...

 

[LanternArchon]

Update 9/1 dwarves in the lead atm

 

[Gwyndo]

-Thread about spelling misspells "which" in its title-

[Is a joke, please do not bomb me]

 

[LanternArchon]

(Calls the ghostbusters)

 

[LanternArchon]

On jack

 

[Theboomyfly]

wolf -> wolves
wife -> wives
Those were some examples that say that -fe becomes -ves in plural. So I take my vote on Dwarves, if I need to think logical.