Talk:Farmer Giles of Ham

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How do you pronounce "Giles"? --83.78.66.43 18:52, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The usual way, as far as I know. --Paul A 07:06, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I think it's pronounced with a hard G, as in "Git." Das Baz, aka Erudil 16:54, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Somebody add a blurb about tales from the perilous realm, that is where most people will encounter this story.

Are we sure that this story was written in '47? The Greenwood Biography on Tolkien seems to suggest that he submitted "Farmer Giles of Ham" to Allen & Unwin in '37 or '38, but that they passed on it then because it did not include Hobbits.

[edit] Dives

I think that in Latin, "Dives" is (or was) pronounced Deewess. Das Baz, aka Erudil 17:08, 24 April 2008 (UTC)