On 31 Jul 2008 , Manocchia, Robert entreated about
"RE: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight na":
How about find a name so obscure in the Silmarillion that even the
lawyers couldn't find it.
Seriously though, how about hobbiton.
that is a placename. 'Hobbiton on Hogsback', about 100km from where
I am (you can see the Hogsback mountains on a clear day), I've been
there, and that is where Tolkien grew up, ergo 'Hobbit's in the book
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