Talk:Halfling
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"The word 'Halfling' was also from a line in a Shakespeare play, referring to a midget, a boy sized man. " Mmm, I doubt this enough to move it here till someone with a Concordance to Shakespeare can verify or deny. I suspected it because if it were really in Shakespeare, it would be in the Shorter O.E.D. eh. (The line was contributed anonymously by IC 66.42.112.41. Wetman 06:30, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
we could definately use a picture in this article --Nerd42 17:26, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
- Made one. Let's hope it does good. --Ifrit 04:23, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Tolkien
I'm puzzled why the article says it's another word for hobbit, as I don't remember the term halfling appearing anywhere in either The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. FeralDruid 09:37, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, I did some checking and Boromir uses the term three times during the Council of Elrond. FeralDruid 02:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Folklore
There's absolutely no connection between Hanner Dyn the Half-Man and halflings that I can see. And where does "halflings were thought to be 4'9"-5'0" come from? Thought by whom, when? Daibhid C (talk) 02:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
