Read it aloud? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-14-2002, 02:21 AM

(wistfully...) I wish I did have someone to read it aloud to, or to read it to me - problem is, I have the book in English, but all the people around me speak German. And I don't really like the translation - it doesn't feel the same. So, maybe I will just have to read it aloud to myself! The experience of reading aloud is magical, especially when a book is filled with the beauty of words the way LotR is. But I agree - sharing it with someone is much more satisfactory!

02-14-2002, 02:21 AM	#3
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	(wistfully...) I wish I did have someone to read it aloud to, or to read it to me - problem is, I have the book in English, but all the people around me speak German. And I don't really like the translation - it doesn't feel the same. So, maybe I will just have to read it aloud to myself! The experience of reading aloud is magical, especially when a book is filled with the beauty of words the way LotR is. But I agree - sharing it with someone is much more satisfactory! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'