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Galin · 06-06-2007, 03:59 PM

Incidentally, I am aware of what it says in The Road Goes Ever On concerning short i, but as Arden Smith points out in 2000...

'Properly pronounced, it should be more like the latter. Tolkien writes in Appendix E, "[T]he sounds were approximately those represented by _i, e, a, o, u_ in English _machine, were, father, for, brute_, IRRESPECTIVE OF QUANTITY" (emphasis mine). Of course, many people frequently (mis)pronounce short Elvish _i_ as the lax vowel of English _fit_, and if you listen to the recordings of Tolkien reading from the books, you'll find that he often made the same error.' Arden Smith

So I went with Mr. Smith and Appendix E

06-06-2007, 03:59 PM	#3
Galin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,036	Incidentally, I am aware of what it says in The Road Goes Ever On concerning short i, but as Arden Smith points out in 2000... 'Properly pronounced, it should be more like the latter. Tolkien writes in Appendix E, "[T]he sounds were approximately those represented by _i, e, a, o, u_ in English _machine, were, father, for, brute_, IRRESPECTIVE OF QUANTITY" (emphasis mine). Of course, many people frequently (mis)pronounce short Elvish _i_ as the lax vowel of English _fit_, and if you listen to the recordings of Tolkien reading from the books, you'll find that he often made the same error.' Arden Smith So I went with Mr. Smith and Appendix E

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