Re: Eärendil, Isengard etc...

Matthew Kehrt <matrix14@...> wrote:

> I think it's supposed to be Rohirric, and thus, in the books, Old
> English.  In that case, the pronunciation is pretty up for grabs. I
> certainly have always pronounced it /aIzn=gard/, but I'm not an OE
> scholar.
Well, Old English was well before the Great Vowel Shift, so it is
/'i:zengard/, with long, stressed /i/ and a full vowel /e/.

> On a related note, how is 'á' supposed to be pronounced in Sindarin?  I
> thought it was /e/, but it seems that that is how 'e' is pronounced.
> Are they the same?
No.  'á' is simply /a:/ (long /a/), not /e/ or anything else.
Why should it be /e/?  Escapes me.

Jörg.