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11-30-2004, 05:49 PM
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Silmarillion Pronounciations
Not being fluent in Quenya or any other Tolkien laguages, there are several names of the characters I can't pronounce. Here are they are:
Eä manwë glaurung Tinúviel Can any of you help me? Thanks
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11-30-2004, 05:54 PM
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I have the same problem with pronounciations, but here's how I do my best...
EH-ya MAN-way GLAH-rung tin-OO-vee-el I hope I have not just buctchered people's names. The all-caps syllables are the ones with emphasis. 
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12-01-2004, 08:38 AM
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I think Glaurung has au in it which should be pronounced as "ow" e.g. Aule = Ow - lay
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Oh, like Sauron = SOW-ron, same idea?
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12-01-2004, 09:30 AM
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On a side note: Has anyone ever heard the audio Silmarillion, read by Martin Shaw? He does an ok job but it is so annoying that he gets a lot of the pronunciation wrong; especially Aule (about 4 different versions - all incorrect), Maedhros, Nirnaeth etc (ae is pronounced as "eye" = Mythros for example). The worst is his pronunciation of Ainulindale, Eldalie etc. Again, le = leh/lay, not lur/er.
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12-01-2004, 01:22 PM
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Until recently i said dh as dr not th!
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*shudders again* My tongue is feeling slightly funny from trying to figure out the different "th" pronunciations...  Quote:
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