Donnie Darko my favorite sci-fi/nuerosis film. The "Cellar Door" quote has been attributed to several linguists, but most often Tolkein, so that is what I go with. In reading TLOTR (obviously before before reading any of the pronounciation material in the appendix) when I got to Lothlorien and met Celeborn (also Celebrien, Celebrant, etc...) my natural english pronounciation of the soft "Ce" made a light bulb go off in my head, Celeborn sounds just like Cellar Door. I was very proud of my self for making that connection...
...Then I read the pronounciation stuff and saw the movie...and realized the general consensus is that Celeborn and similar names are pronounced with a hard C like "Keleborn" similar to the word Celtic (although some pronounce it "Seltic" i.e. The Boston Celtics).
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
-Mirabella