RE: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will happen

["DA Forsyth" <iwrtech (at) iwr.ru.ac.za>]

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

>  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DA Forsyth [mailto:iwrtech (at) iwr.ru.ac.za] 
> Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 9:06 PM
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> 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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