Where do Hobbits come from?

Cafe Society
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[QUOTE=Miller]
They’re what Scooby Doo likes to put on his sandwiches. He also likes rettuce and rustard.
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:applause:

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Theoden used “holbytla”, just to really confuse things.

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Confuse how? Hobbit is derived from holbytla- meaning hole dweller.

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Pippin is referred to as a “halfling” several times by the good folk of Minas Tirith while he’s hanging around there before Sauron’s fall, IIRC.

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[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan]
What DJ said. They’re of the 2nd born, just like the Edain, the Haradrim, the Rhunions, etc.

[sub]Rhunions?[/sub]
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Well, there’s Deagol’s distant ancestor, Deamon Rhunion . . .

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
Pippin is referred to as a “halfling” several times by the good folk of Minas Tirith while he’s hanging around there before Sauron’s fall, IIRC.
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they were referred to as Periannath, which would be Sindarin, I think, for “Halflings”

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[QUOTE=MrDibble]
they were referred to as Periannath, which would be Sindarin, I think, for “Halflings”
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Only in polite dictionaries.

“hey, shortarse” might be a more colloquial interpretation :wink:

Si

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[QUOTE=MrDibble]
they were referred to as Periannath, which would be Sindarin, I think, for “Halflings”
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They used both terms in Minas Tirith, IIRC. I’ll have to look that up.

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[QUOTE=Lumpy]
… I was unaware that Nobby Nobbs ever had the opportunity to contract syphillis.
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Besides, considering who we’re talking about, wouldn’t it be more a case of syphilis contracting Nobby Nobbs?

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[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons]
Besides, considering who we’re talking about, wouldn’t it be more a case of syphilis contracting Nobby Nobbs?
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Syphilis’s standards are too high.

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
They used both terms in Minas Tirith, IIRC. I’ll have to look that up.
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I found 27 uses of the word Halfling in the Return of the King.

Jim

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
They used both terms in Minas Tirith, IIRC. I’ll have to look that up.
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Not disputing that, just adding a data point.

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[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]
:applause:
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Applesauce? Are you certain?
Odd thing to put on a sandwich, even for a talking dog.

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[QUOTE=MrDibble]
Not disputing that, just adding a data point.
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Quite so. Thanks.