Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:42:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: chris@calldei.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en/security security.sgml Message-ID: <199909221542.LAA82717@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199909220441.WAA30340@harmony.village.org> References: <19990921224118.H5457@holly.calldei.com> <19990921221936.G5457@holly.calldei.com> <199909220215.TAA51674@freefall.freebsd.org> <199909220311.VAA29763@harmony.village.org> <199909220332.VAA30071@harmony.village.org> <199909220441.WAA30340@harmony.village.org>
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<<On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:41:00 -0600, Warner Losh <imp@village.org> said: > Both are acceptible spellings. Tolkien used the latter, but the > former was used more. I no longer have access to OED to check this. That's OK, I do. ``dwarves'' is attested by one citation (from 1818); ``dwarfs'' is attested by six citations and the OED editors' own choice. Of the 152 Tolkien citations, only one mentions ``dwarves'' (under ``confusticate''). -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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