• SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      When it happened I thought the typeface was the issue rather than the word hobbit. But no.Here’s before and this is after. I can’t get my head around the fact that the production company sued this tiny sandwich shop. It’s so ridiculous!

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      9 months ago

      Really where was it used?
      Found it but no it was not. One line in one book from 1895 “The whole earth was overrun with ghosts, boggles … hobbits, hobgoblins."
      So still think it’s very unlikely it was a word that anyone knew before the Hobbit.