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[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 days ago (3 children)

"Dwarfs" is for humans with dwarfism, "dwarves" is for the fantasy race.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What about celestial bodies? Is it red dwarfs or red dwarves?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Red dwarfs.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That might be the trend now, but the common plural before Tolkien was "dwarfs" for the mythical creature.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

Yes, but thanks to him, it now isn't.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago

I can only speak for myself, but if I were a person with dwarfism, I think I would insist on "dwarves". Lean really hard into the fantasy angle.