# Talk:Farmer Giles of Ham

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.

I think that in Latin, "Dives" is (or was) pronounced Deewess. Das Baz, aka Erudil 17:08, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I have taken the liberty of modifying the description of Chrysophylax Dives as "not malicious".  It was clear from the text that he was quite malignant when given the opportunity to do so (I do not have a copy open for reference, however a recitation of the former occupations of some of his more recent meals is given.)  I think the intention of the original author of this page was probably to indicate that he was manageable, and certainly less malign that Smaug or the dragons from the Legendarium cycle.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.173.161.79 (talk) 10:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC) 

I first met this story in 'the adventures of tom bombadil',
should this be mentioned?

Glossing Giles's Latin name as "Aegis'd Bronze-beard Giles Farmer from Ham" misleadingly implies that the name Giles derives from Julius, when in fact it is the English form of Aegidius (see Saint Giles).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.170.169.245 (talk) 01:12, 13 March 2010 (UTC) 

I think that the Dragon's Tail and the Mock Dragon's Tail should have a mention on the page.Dour1234 (talk) 01:40, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Well, perhaps. Plot summaries are required to be short; and we should only mention details that are of significance, as demonstrated by the discussion in 'Analysis', for instance. If you know of a scholarly analysis that demonstrates the importance of the tail(s) then by all means go ahead, add and cite them along with the reason for mentioning them. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:47, 22 March 2024 (UTC)