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Silmarillion Reader's Guide(lemmy.world)

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phcorcoran@lemmy.world
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Honestly, I would recommend the audiobook over the book; having someone else figure out how to say the special names makes it much easier to keep track of them in your mind, I find

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Godric@lemmy.worldOP
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Same, that’s how I listened to it. Andy Serkis does a great job!

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BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
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According to my huge Tolkien nerd mom serkis completely botches the elvish pronunciations. Can’t corroborate that personally but she’s been neck deep in LOTR shit for as long as I can remember

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Godric@lemmy.worldOP
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Hmm, interesting! I can’t claim to be enough of an expert to really know either way, do you happen to remember any examples?

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lud@lemm.ee
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I did both.

Audiobook+real book+map and family tree on my PC.

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YTG123@sopuli.xyz
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But you can never know if they pronounce them right :(

Then again, Tolkien does describe the pronunciations in enough detail in the Appendix to LOTR (I don’t know if it’s in every edition though).

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Lizardking13@lemmy.world
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The audiobook names are mispronounced at times, but I generally understand the sentiment here.

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