Elves vs. Elfs / Dwarves vs. dwarfs

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How should the races be spelled?

Poll ended at Fri Apr 24, 2015 4:43 pm

Elves and Dwarves
21
78%
Elfs and Dwarfs
1
4%
No opinion/Other
5
19%
 
Total votes: 27

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Estralis Seborian
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Elves vs. Elfs / Dwarves vs. dwarfs

Post by Estralis Seborian »

Dear Illarionites,

The designation of our races is not uniform. Here are the current statistics:

Elves
Website: 74 hits in 30 files
Scripts: 79 hits in 40 files
Books: 62 hits in 27 files

Elfs
Website: 3 hits in 3 files (one hit even for Elfes)
Scripts: 3 hits in 2 files
Books: 0 hits in 0 files

Dwarves
Website: 41 hits in 11 files
Scripts: 96 hits in 42 files
Books: 35 hits in 16 files

Dwarfs
Website: 37 hits in 18 files
Scripts: 7 hits in 5 files
Books: 6 hits in 6 files

As uniform race names in official game content are mandatory, we have to chose one style and stick to it. Please check the style you prefer most!
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Post by Achae Eanstray »

Might be interesting to read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf
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Post by Estralis Seborian »

QFT wrote:Paragraph 11: „Es wird weitergesoffen!“
The German Wikipedia entry deals with the number eleven (11) ;-).
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Estralis Seborian wrote:
QFT wrote:Paragraph 11: „Es wird weitergesoffen!“
The German Wikipedia entry deals with the number eleven (11) ;-).
Not what was intended... I'll remove :lol:
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Elves and Dwarrows
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Post by Hew Keenaxe »

Same as my other post. I really don't care. I know what you mean. That's all that is important. Many different cultures, and languages used here. If I know what you mean, that is good enough for me. Spelling is not important.
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Post by Ufedhin »

The correct term with regards to the fantasy race of stout bearded beings is Dwarves as the plural and Dwarf as the singular .Dwarfs/Dwarf refers to a diminutive size of actual living beings /plants etc due to a disorder or selective breeding or environmental causes. :mrgreen:
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The statistics show that Elves and Dwarves win this round.
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Post by Estralis Seborian »

We'll use one consistent way of spelling. The poll resulted in "Elves and Dwarves" being preferred. See http://illarion.org/mantis/view.php?id=10905
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