‘Naturally Surprised’ to see an ad for Elf’s

Spotted at a job shop in the ‘Triangle’ (small, slightly alternative quarter in Bournemouth).

But if there are no real-life “elf’s - see dictionary info below - there won’t be any applicants, unless they tell a little white lie.

(Husband would be great for this, just a tad tall! Was going to add ‘and would keep him out of mischief’, but ‘Elf’s’ excel at that)


Checked plural of elf. “As plurals of elf, both elfs and elves have long histories in English, and there is plenty of precedent for both, but elves has always been the more common form by far, and it remains so to this day. In 21st-century edited writing, it appears many times more often than elfs. The latter form, moreover, is mostly shunned by English reference books and doesn’t pass spell check, for what that’s worth” - disappointed to read tho’ - “there are no real-life elves”