Talk:Dwarf
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I'm wondering what the evidence is that "dwarf" is related to "thorp", etc. It seems odd, and the American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE537.html) doesn't confirm it. --JerryFriedman 01:35, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Neither does the NSOED or Eric Partridge's Origins. --207.188.128.246 22:03, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Why the hell is there an entire paragraph dedicted to one specific role-playing game's view of dwarfs? This is Wikipedia, not a damned RPG manual.
They may be real; I may have met one. In 1960s I worked in Florida. A co-worker was a former US soldier, who had been stationed in West Germany. He had married a German woman and brought her back to the States with him.
She was stunning... in the sense of when you first met her you were stunned. Good way to characterize her would be: "looks like a sister of the 7 Dwarfs." She was about 4 feet tall or less, of stocky build, with full pendulous breasts. She had a large head, and some warts on her face. She spoke basic English, with a strong German accent. And I remember her as not too bright... but that may have been because of her limited English, of not understanding much of what she heard. Was she a mutation? Were there more like her? I don't know. I never asked because I was too polite, did not want to embarrass her. Now, much older, I would unlease my curiousity.
Why do I remember her? She was a unique experience. And every little knome garden statue I see is a reminder.