Re: LOTR

Fabian scripsit:
> Sauron.
>
> I'd always pronounced it /sO:rQn/, and the mispelling in Bored of the
> Rings (Sorhed) suggests that at least one other group agreed with me.
> However, the recent movie trailers pronounce it /sA:rVn/.
Well, it was certainly pronounced [sawron] in Quenya.  How it
was pronounced in the Westron, we don't know.

> How do you say it?
[sAwr@n].

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