Silliest non-Tolkein Error

[DCBastien]

Well, I went with my family, one of whom is an AVID Tolkein fan, and two who don't know their elves from their elbows. Net result? Four happy people.... me ma even said she wanted to see it, long as it is, again!

But on the way back to my car, my sister was talking about bits she liked and didn't like. I paraphrase:


"Oh that horrid one what was followin' 'em, he was all slimy! I din't like im."

"No?"

"No, 'ee was 'orrid, that Colin."

Took us awhile to figure she meant GOLLEM!

Colin/Gollem.... Easily confused? I wondered how she could say Colin after names like Frodo, Aragon, Gandalf....... Colin.... Oh of course

 

[Neo]

Arrrhhh bless her cotton ickle socks..... LOL

Nice story

 

[Legolas]

oh theres a Kolin at our skule, he IS a slimeball!

aww....colin..gollum...I though they did Gollums eyes really well, the green bits anyway...

 

[DCBastien]

Neo, ya wudn't say dat if ya knew her...

 

[Neo]

ic... its like that .. hey ??????

 

[Legolas]

I dont know if this is an error but i used to say Sauron (sour-on) as Saw-ron....did anyone else?
:flash:

 

[imported_Data]

I used to pronounce most of their names wrong. I got Frodo and Sam right though!

 

[Legolas]

I could never pronounce 'Meriadoc' properly...

How do you ppl pronounce Smeagol?
:flash:

 

[imported_Data]

I pretty much pronnounce them as their spelled I think.

 

[skoon]

Originally posted by Legolas
I dont know if this is an error but i used to say Sauron (sour-on) as Saw-ron....did anyone else?
:flash:

I still pronounce it like that. You know, just because the powers that be pronounced the names the way they did in the movie doesn't mean that's how they are to be pronounced! Oh & I pronounce it "Smeegoll"

 

[Jessa]

i THINK i pronounce all the names right...........i ain't sure

 

[skoon]

Well, as Garfield says "Aries might not always beright but they are never wrong" so I'm right, film makers wrong

 

[Jessa]

right! the people who have read the book hundreds of times to get the film EXACTLY right can't pronounce the names

 

[Legolas]

Originally posted by skoon


I still pronounce it like that. You know, just because the powers that be pronounced the names the way they did in the movie doesn't mean that's how they are to be pronounced! Oh & I pronounce it "Smeegoll"

for some reason I pronounced him smee-AY-gull, but that was too hard to speak in my head so now its Smee-gol
:flash:

ps Only Tolkien knows exactly how thay ahould be pronounced

 

[DCBastien]

We've got a tape of him reading excerpts somewhere

 

[skoon]

Really! How does he pronounce some of the names?

 

[DCBastien]

Ill have to find it.

 

[Jessa]

ohhh.......this shuld be interesting

 

[imported_Data]

Most definitly!