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All right, lets face it, some of the words Tolkien uses are positively impossible to pronounce. Here is a thread to discuss hard tolkien words, and how to correctly pronounce them.
For example: Sauron. its not pronounced Soaron, but more like Souron.
Same with Smaug. essentially whenever the letters AU appear, they should be pronounced like OU.
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C is pronounced as a K at least in names.

H is pronunce as a G isn't it.



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Great thread Shadow. I had just looked up Smaug yesterday
Pronunciation: smowg ('ow' as in 'now')

Feanor=Pronunciation: feh'anor


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H is pronunce as a G isn't it.

i don't know about that one...



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"ea"---whenever e and a are together they are pronounced as two syllables.

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How is Silmaril and Silmarillion pronounced?

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Maiar- Pronunciation: my'arr
(The final 'r' should be pronounced; 'rr' is used here to emphasise this)

Ainur-Pronunciation: eye'noor ('eye' as in the English word)


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Maedhros-Pronunciation: My'thros ('th' as in English 'these')
Celegorm-Pronunciation: ke'legorm


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Dain Ironfoot is pronounced Da-in Ironfoot


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