Thread: hin or chin?
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Old 01-10-2009, 02:58 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Beregond View Post
Well, the pronunciation guide in Children of Hurin says CH has the same value as Scottish loch or German buch.
Only when 'ch' is at the end of a word I recon.

I am norwegian and can pretty much figure how chin i supposed to sound. ( As C is always pronounced K in norwegian, U is always 'OO' etc etc)

After all, Tolkien got alot of inspiration from scandinavian.
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