11-30-2004, 05:49 PM | #1 |
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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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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 | #3 |
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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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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 | #6 |
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Until recently i said dh as dr not th!
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12-02-2004, 07:10 AM | #7 |
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One eventually becomes so accustomed to the pronunciation in Tolkien's works that they crop up in every day readings, well for me at least I find that sometimes I have to check myself when I pronounce certain words. E.g when there's a word beginning with C I try and stop myself from pronouncing it as K.
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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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what about 'Eol'?
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01-18-2005, 07:28 PM | #11 |
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I've always said "EH-ohl"... that's most likely wrong... my only basis in fact is that EO is pronounced as two separate syllables, but... *shrug*
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I always mispronounce things, and so I always ask EL....
but reading this thread is making me speak gibberish...good thing my roommate isn't around the "ae" sound always confuses me, 'cause I always want to say "eh" when it's really like the "ae" in Gaea. It's that darn dysgraphia...causing me to see "ea" and not "ae"....rrrrr |
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01-19-2005, 06:56 AM | #14 |
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It is definitely pronounced "eh-oll"
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