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:Probably because of the company they kept? Old Noakes hung around with other working class families. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 22:23, 7 September 2013 (UTC) | :Probably because of the company they kept? Old Noakes hung around with other working class families. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 22:23, 7 September 2013 (UTC) | ||
::Hmm, that's probably why. But I think the term is inappropriate - as an encyclopedia we can't really assign the post-Industrial British class system to the anachronistic Shire unless Tolkien said so explicitly. | |||
::The reason I raise this issue is because the Independent's crossword apparently had the answer "Noakes" to a clue about working class hobbits...--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 09:09, 8 September 2013 (UTC) | |||
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I can't find any explanation for why the Noakes should be described as working-class. Any help?-- KingAragorn talk contribs edits email 21:32, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
- Probably because of the company they kept? Old Noakes hung around with other working class families. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 22:23, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hmm, that's probably why. But I think the term is inappropriate - as an encyclopedia we can't really assign the post-Industrial British class system to the anachronistic Shire unless Tolkien said so explicitly.
- The reason I raise this issue is because the Independent's crossword apparently had the answer "Noakes" to a clue about working class hobbits...-- KingAragorn talk contribs edits email 09:09, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
