On 1 Aug 2008 , Everett, Vernon entreated about "RE: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight na":
I thought he grew up in Bloemfontein?
yeah, born there. I may be wrong because I can find no references to his knowing the Hogsback area, but then Wikipedia is not infallible, just like me).
but, I have read somewhere that he got 'hobbit' from Hobbiton on Hogsback, but that may just be speculation. failing furthur evidence I withdraw everything
-----Original Message----- From: DA Forsyth [mailto:iwrtech at iwr.ru.ac.za] Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 9:06 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will happen
On 31 Jul 2008 , Manocchia, Robert entreated about "RE: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight na":
How about find a name so obscure in the Silmarillion that even the lawyers couldn't find it.
Seriously though, how about hobbiton.
that is a placename. 'Hobbiton on Hogsback', about 100km from where I am (you can see the Hogsback mountains on a clear day), I've been there, and that is where Tolkien grew up, ergo 'Hobbit's in the book
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