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OK, I'm going to come out of the closet and say how I voted and why I made that choice. When I first saw photos of the movie hobbits before the films were released, I thought the pointed ears were a choice made by Peter Jackson and his team - and was not enthused. However, after reading that quote (given by Fordim above) by Tolkien, I realized that he had actually stated the shape of their ears. Since they are only "slightly elvish", I would take the meaning of that to be that Elven ears are more pointed than Hobbit ears. Therefore, Elven ears are pointed. Had they been identical with human ears, their shape would not have to have been mentioned at all. Thus my "yes" vote.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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