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Old 08-17-2005, 01:35 PM   #34
Mithalwen
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Originally Posted by Joy
I guess my worst was Isen/Isengard when I first read the books.

I pronounced them as Ice-n/Ice-n-gard instead of Eye-zen.

I guess I just took a wild guess on Celeborn and Cirdan - I knew it was English and just thought of the Celts, remember that it is pronounced with a K.

When I got to the Sil, it was a bit harder, but reading though the appendicies helped with that.
Well if that was your worst.. you are doing very well... that seems a relatively fine distinction. I think my main errors on reading (until about 5 minutes ago!!) were Sore-on and Thrandwil...
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