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Old 03-05-2014, 10:25 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Inziladun View Post
Shouldn't it be that way? Sauron is sour-on, after all.
Well 'Sauron' is from Elvish and 'Smaug' is from Dalish, which is to say, Old Norse, but the Old Norse 'au' is indeed pronounced 'ow.'
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