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Old 08-10-2011, 12:38 PM   #15
Galadriel55
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Originally Posted by Mithalwen View Post
However I must admit in my desire to get to the stories I neglected the pronunciation guides and it took a very long time to overwrite Sore-on and Seleborn and even when the blessed BBC version cured those, I am still not a hundred percent on Kir-dan - he was Sir Dan for too long...
Hehe... same here. I still have half a mind to say Selegorm, Seleborn, Selebrimbor, Selebrain, etc... Also, I read half of the "ch" sounds as hh and the other half as k. It's Bragollahhhh, but Erek. I don't know why.

Though I don't recall ever reading Sauron as Soron.
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