Rememebrium


Tolkien vs. Editor

A draft of the Fellowship was rejected by Tolkien's Editor, who cited the reason being that the plural for Dwarf, was Dwarfs, not Dwarves according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Dwarves was not a word that existed. Tolkien responded, very accurately "I wrote the Oxford English Dictionary, don't correct me."

A draft of the Fellowship was rejected by Tolkien's Editor, who cited the reason being that the plural for Dwarf, was Dwarfs, not Dwarves according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Dwarves was not a word that existed. Tolkien responded, very accurately "I wrote the Oxford English Dictionary, don't correct me."