> Tolkien [...] published The Hobbit – a quaint novel for children with dwarfish miners [...] It is certainly a minor point, but Tolkien was adamant about usin

> Tolkien [...] published The Hobbit – a quaint novel for children with dwarfish miners [...] It is certainly a minor point, but Tolkien was adamant about using "dwarves" instead of "dwarfs" and "dwarvish" instead of "dwarfish" whenever writing about Durin's folk. I find this especially important considering the author of this article later writes: > Orwell’s brand of democratic Socialism (he always capitalised the “s”) [...] If the author is willing to capitalize "Socialism" because of Orwell's preference, then I think it is not unreasonable to ask that they also use the adjective "dwarvish" when referring to the dwarves of Tolkien's writings.