How to pronounce "Smeagol" - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nenya · 12-26-2002, 02:26 PM

Someone in some other thread (sorry for the vagueness, I honestly can't remeber who it was and where) said that Smeagol's name was wrongly pronounced in TTT. (Kinda like "Smeegol") So, all you lingusts out there: is that really the case? <BR>I had thought that the vowels "ea" would sound more like the "ei" in the beginning of the word "veichle". But that has no grounds at all, and is probably just based on the pronunciation of my mother tongue (or the lack of it actually!)<P>Oh, and Estelyn: I wasn't sure where to post this, so I just made a new thread and dumped it her. Sorry. <p>[ December 26, 2002: Message edited by: Nenya ]

12-26-2002, 02:26 PM	#1
Nenya Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the hand of Lady Galadriel Posts: 127	How to pronounce "Smeagol" Someone in some other thread (sorry for the vagueness, I honestly can't remeber who it was and where) said that Smeagol's name was wrongly pronounced in TTT. (Kinda like "Smeegol") So, all you lingusts out there: is that really the case? <BR>I had thought that the vowels "ea" would sound more like the "ei" in the beginning of the word "veichle". But that has no grounds at all, and is probably just based on the pronunciation of my mother tongue (or the lack of it actually!)<P>Oh, and Estelyn: I wasn't sure where to post this, so I just made a new thread and dumped it her. Sorry. <p>[ December 26, 2002: Message edited by: Nenya ]