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Originally Posted by Narnangol
Hahahaha!  Well, the place a person's from does seem to have an effect. Most people I know say Tolkin/ken but the prevalent pronunciation across the pond seems to be Tolkeeyen/Tolkeen. Is that right?
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I can't say for sure about North America, since the only people that know about Tolkien that I've met are Russian. (

) I can say that where I'm originally from (which is Russia, and I think that some other European countries near by might also be included) he's known as Tolkeeyen.
Tolkayn sounds like cocaine. Me no like that.