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# I know hooves is correct, I just prefer hoofs.
I prefer stomp to stamp too. Some words are just better in wronglish.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Wed 6 May 2009, 0:51, archived)
# best name ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_'t_Hooft

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 6 May 2009, 0:53, archived)
# I read it in a Yorkshire voice.
I think Norbert Dentressangle and Dweezil Zappa are cooler names, though.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Wed 6 May 2009, 0:55, archived)
# Dentressangle is very Douglas Adams
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 6 May 2009, 0:56, archived)
# Ah.
Forgive me - there I was, pedantic, not allowing you the poetic license that is your right.

"Hoofs" is indeed good in its context. My bad!
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Wed 6 May 2009, 0:55, archived)
# No, no, pedantry is good. (:
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Wed 6 May 2009, 0:56, archived)
# Wasn't it Tolkein who invented the plural "dwarves" or something?
It's always "dwarfs" in astronomical contexts, I believe.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 6 May 2009, 0:58, archived)
# Or something.
I remember an author's note in The Hobbit regarding the use of dwarfish vs dwarvish, but I can't remember what was what.

When I typed this, FF spellcheck approved dwarfish but not dwarvish (or spellcheck. Cuh).
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Wed 6 May 2009, 0:59, archived)
# Something to do with Elven/Elfin.
My spellcheck doesn't have the word "prize" in it.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 6 May 2009, 1:00, archived)
# How rare.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Wed 6 May 2009, 1:01, archived)