Cheers!
I hope your winter days and holidays will be warmed with the love of friends and family!
Maybe some lovely and loving fannies will be warmed, too.
*Now, for you Grammarians who choked on your hot chocolate reading the title, I'll explain that I used the older correct spelling.
As recently as 1937 (as Time goes, that's recent), the Dictionary showed the accurate form of more than one "dwarf" as "dwarfs," which can be verified by the Disney movie title, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
That same year, University of Oxford Philology professor J.R.R. Tolkien explained in his introduction to "The Hobbit" that although "elfs" was the proper plural of "elf," he used "Elves" (and "Dwarves") to distinguish his ancient peoples of Middle Earth from any others.
My naughty little Arctic Imps are not of that distinguished lineage. Therefore, I use "Elfs!"
Say, what's that cracking noise, carrying so far in the ice-cold air up here?
Well! You don't suppose that any of these Elfs are a trifle kinky??
Mmm, could beeeee~!!
It's a good thing Paddle Cat has come to visit Jolly Old with his invaluable advice!
