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Pronouncing a name...
2004-01-16, 1:24 AM #1
Hi!
I have seen LotR RotK, and when I saw the ring melt and the eye REALLY burned, I had a greate comment... IT BURNS USS!!! Now we know where Gollum got it from!

Anyway, that's not the reason I posted this topic... How do you guys pronounce Tolkien? I say Tol-Ki-En.

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2004-01-16, 1:52 AM #2
Toll - Ken

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2004-01-16, 2:26 AM #3
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
Toll - Ken

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2004-01-16, 3:26 AM #4
Toll-Kin.

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2004-01-16, 3:52 AM #5
Tol-Keen

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2004-01-16, 4:08 AM #6
thanx for ruining the movie ***

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2004-01-16, 4:17 AM #7
Tol-Ki-En

why not read a book sometime, i wouldn't really consider it a spoiler when the story is over 50 years old.

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2004-01-16, 8:09 AM #8
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Snoopfighter2:
thanx for ruining the movie ***

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Are you serious?

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2004-01-16, 8:24 AM #9
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Edward:
greate
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Great
GRRRRRREAT!!!
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2004-01-16, 8:41 AM #10
I think I read somewhere that Tolkien pronounced it "Toll-keen".

I myself am too lazy to remember that, though, so I usually say 'Toll-kin'
2004-01-16, 8:44 AM #11
It's "Toll-keen."

As for why he says, "It burns us," it's because he's spent so long in the dark caves of the mountains and the dark of the night that he's not used to being in the sun - hence, it burns him.

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2004-01-16, 8:53 AM #12
When we're talking about Gollum saying "It burns us" isn't that referencing to when Frodo and Sam put the rope around Gollum's neck in The Two Towers?

"It burns! It burns us! It freezes! Take it off us!"

That's what we're talking about, right?

Oh, and it's Tol-keen [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2004-01-16, 8:56 AM #13
"T`u ou'll - ck` ee `nee"

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2004-01-16, 8:56 AM #14
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Glyde Bane:
Tol-Keen
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About gollom, he refers to the elen rope. they never referenced it in the movie, but the rope they are using is elven. very strong and all that. gollom, being evil, gets burned by the rope.

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2004-01-16, 10:15 AM #15
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tolkien

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2004-01-16, 11:10 AM #16
Now that's what I'm Tol-keen about!

Sorry.

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2004-01-16, 11:20 AM #17
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by - Tony -:
Toll-Kin.

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^^^^^

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2004-01-16, 11:30 AM #18
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Noble Outlaw:
About gollom, he refers to the elen rope. they never referenced it in the movie, but the rope they are using is elven. very strong and all that. gollom, being evil, gets burned by the rope.

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Yeah umm.., the elves made the rope, and Gollum hates anything pure, including food, and textures of objects, it really doesn't have anything to do with 'The Eye'.


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2004-01-16, 1:08 PM #19
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Noble Outlaw:
About gollom, he refers to the elen rope. they never referenced it in the movie, but the rope they are using is elven. very strong and all that. gollom, being evil, gets burned by the rope.</font>


Actually, it is referenced in the EE. It even unties itself after Sam and Frodo climb down it, like in the book.

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2004-01-16, 2:20 PM #20
The only other word I can think of that ends in 'ien' is 'alien', which you say 'ay-lee-enn', so it would make sense to pronounce Tolkien as 'toll-kee-enn' but I tend to say 'toll-keen' out of general laziness.
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2004-01-16, 3:57 PM #21
But "toll-keen" is the correct enunciation.

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2004-01-16, 5:44 PM #22
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Glyde Bane:
Tol-Keen</font>




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2004-01-16, 5:51 PM #23
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Wolfy:
But "toll-keen" is the correct enunciation.

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Indeed.

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2004-01-16, 8:31 PM #24
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2004-01-16, 9:06 PM #25
pea-ter jahk-sun

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2004-01-16, 9:13 PM #26
Peet`ure J`ack s'un

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2004-01-16, 11:14 PM #27
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2004-01-17, 12:27 AM #28
And for the finnish people it is very easy to pronounce Tolkien...

Tol-Kien

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2004-01-17, 2:38 AM #29
I guess it's kina German... Ei is pronounced 'aye' [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif] [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif] and Ie is pronounced 'EE' [http://forums.massassi.net/html/eek.gif] in German.
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2004-01-17, 4:34 PM #30
well, now that you know how to pronounce his name try pronouncing the name of his birthplace:
Blomfentein ;D
(note: must be spoken with a heavy Afrikaaner accent... for the americans here that is NOT a Britt accent =P)

Blomfentein is such a fun word (=


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2004-01-17, 5:26 PM #31
C'mon you guys, it's pronounced
'Toll-Kin'

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