Re: CHAT: Best/Worst/Missing Scenes in LotR

--- In conlang@y..., Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@J...> wrote:

>  "ash nazg durbatulûk,
>   ash nazg gimbatul,
>   ash nazg thrakatulûk,
>   ang burzum-ishi krimpatul."
>      ~ the ring-inscription
Actually, the last line begins with "agh" rather than "ang".  =P

Anyway, how is the "r" in the Black Speech supposed to sound?  We know
Tolkien didn't like the uvular "r", so it might be used by orcs --
though that sound seems to be represented by "gh" already.  I'm
personally favoring the retroflex consonants in this context.  Add
some strangled /a/s torn open as in Arabic, and you're all set.  ;-)


-- Christian Thalmann