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06-04-2003, 08:44 AM | #1 |
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oliphaunt/dialect
I'm from New Jersey, and there actually isn't any Jersey accent, unless you mean Jersey City accent, which is really a New York accent with less taxis and therefore slightly less yelling. Either way, I'll try to spell this out, I say 'oliphaunt' 'awlifawnt.'
I think this is because of my not being from England as Tolkien is. If your English, how do you say it? Or how does everybody say it; try to spell it out the best you can. Mods: I wasn't sure if this would stray off topic enough to be put in GM. I think this is the right forum.
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06-04-2003, 08:49 AM | #2 |
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In the north of England it would be pronounced Olliefant.
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06-04-2003, 10:32 AM | #3 |
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I'm pretty sure I actually have a sound recording, in which Tolkien says the word "Oliphaunt".
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06-04-2003, 04:59 PM | #4 |
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Oli-font is how I pronounce it, but don't go by me for pronunciation. If anyone would know it would be Tolkine, which Gwaimir has pointed out.
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06-04-2003, 06:30 PM | #5 |
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From the sound file, it seems that the accurate pronunciation is "Ollie" (as in the name) plus "phawnt", with "aw" like in "lawn".
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06-04-2003, 07:37 PM | #6 |
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You know, I don't think he's asking how Tolkien pronounced it - he's asking how we pronounce it in our OWN accents. I pronounce it Ollie-phauwnt with no real distinction between Ollie and phauwnt - I run them together in typical kiwi fashion. There's no emphasis on the second syllable 'lie', and it almost disappears in my pronounciation. I place the most emphasis on the last syllable. Okay, you can all wake up now!
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Re: oliphaunt/dialect
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06-04-2003, 07:58 PM | #8 |
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Ah yes, but he *did* put "dialect" in there, so there.
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06-05-2003, 12:23 AM | #9 |
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i say i oley phaunt. the oli osrt of sounds a bit french but i barely speak it
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06-05-2003, 10:10 AM | #10 |
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I usually say "olip haunt" or "ollie-faunt" depending on the day
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06-05-2003, 10:19 AM | #11 |
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I don't think that I will give it a try. My pronunciation explanations are very weird.
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'i' turns to 'ir' (or Swedish ö), 'e' turns to 'a' and Eru knows what else! On topic, I pronounce it 'Olli-phawnt". |
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06-05-2003, 04:19 PM | #13 |
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Whoa. Sorry I couldn't clear things up a little earlier. My computer's been pretty 'fouled up' as of late. (My first post wasn't too understandable either.)
Yeah I meant How do you pronounce it? And I was refering to Tolkien's being from England, so he'd speak with an Englsih dialect. I think he literally wrote it down his pronunciation of "elephant" sound by sound. But it wouldn't look right to me, being from NJ and thus having a different dialect. For me, "elephant" is pronounced: EL-uh-fint but I slur the T so it sounds more like a D
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See, I told you so, Gwai. Pllllrrrrrrt. |
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Right back at you, Sheeana. Plllrrrrrrrt.
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06-06-2003, 11:23 PM | #16 |
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In my mind it's "Ollefawnt".
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06-07-2003, 09:45 AM | #17 |
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because it's translated as 'Olli - fant' that's how I pronounce it.
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07-26-2003, 12:17 AM | #18 |
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I say oh-li-faunt. or something. with a long "o" anyway. come to think of it i guess i don't "say" it much at all. i mean i don't read out loud or anything.
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07-26-2003, 12:24 AM | #19 |
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I pronounce it like Katya does.
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08-03-2003, 12:42 AM | #20 |
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OH-lee-faunt. More or less.
And they are different from elephants...because varied and strange as british accents are, I've never heard one that could mistake "oliphaunt" for "elepant". tano
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