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Old 01-21-2005, 04:20 AM   #1
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It is a little know fact that, unbeknownst to Bilbo, four of Thorin's company were in fact female.
Why did Tolkien not then address them as "shes"?
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Old 01-21-2005, 09:58 AM   #2
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Why did Tolkien not then address them as "shes"?
Well that's an easy one. The tale told in The Hobbit was written from Bilbo's perspective. And he never realised that the "hes" were in fact "shes".
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