# Hobbit Vocabulary

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 6, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbit-vocabulary/418221 "2007-09-06T08:05:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbit-vocabulary/418221/21 "2007-09-07T15:01:10Z")

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I was confidently reading The Hobbit to my young ones when they stopped me to ask what thrawn trees were. I was stumped. (Old Scotch–twisted or distorted.)

“If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do…”

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