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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. How to Pronounce "Tolkien"? Urambo Tauro Member. What is the proper way to pronounce Tolkien? Tol as in told Tol as tall -kien as ken -kien as keen Or would he have liked the i and e seperate as often found in his writings Hammersmith Irresistible Ork Child. With my English accent I'd say "Toll" "Kin", two syllables. According to dictionary. I believe that that was based on what Tolkien wrote about the matter in one of his letters.
Click to expand Edit: In fact, here it is: [JRR: " Last edited: Feb 15, I too pronounce it as 'Toll Kin'. I wonder if there is a pattern to regional variations on pronunciation of Tolkien? Elorendil Lover of music. I have to agree with Barley. I say it Tol-keen. I could be wrong in this regard, but I believe that the common pronunciation in Britain is 'Toll Kin'. Keep up. Seems like your pronunciation of jrr tolkien is not correct. You can try again.
Original audio Your audio Congrats! Since you have exceeded your time limit, your recording has been stopped. Can you pronounce this word better or pronounce in different accent or variation? Contribute mode x x x. Meanings for jrr tolkien A writer, who is known for the movie "Tolkien". Kaleb King. Add a meaning Cancel. You are not logged in.. Phonetic spelling of jrr tolkien Add phonetic spelling. Synonyms for jrr tolkien Add synonyms. It never occurred to me that anything other than 2 was even a possibility.
Morrus said:. Click to expand Snarf Zagyg said:. Weirdly, the pronunciation in almost every place I am familiar with is the wrong one. In fact, the wrong pronunciation where I am is so wide-spread that continue to use the incorrect one simply because that's accepted pronunciation.
Which would be a whole 'nother interesting thread- First, words and names that are commonly mispronounced, and from there, words that you know you are saying incorrectly, but continue to do so because the incorrect pronunciation is the accepted one. Well I say it in French. Wolfram stout Explorer. So, like most, I use 3 and it is wrong. Or maybe, because I am in the southern US, I am pronouncing it correctly but my accent just makes it wrong.
Timely thread for me, we just got in the Tolkien movie on Netflix disk to watch this weekend. Sacrosanct Legend Publisher. I always pronounced it Toll-kin until I saw a documentary from English scholars and it was pronounced Toll-Keen. I've been doing it the correct way since. The real poll is how do you pronounce "Dr. Soos 2. Zoice Hint: It's 2, per he and his family directly.
Umbran Mod Squad Staff member. For the longest time, not having ever heard anyone pronounce it, I took it phonetically - Tol-key-en. Later, having heard recordings of interviews with him, I expect the pronunciation the man preferred was Tol-keen.
Even knowing that, I am rather stuck with the original when I say it. Rob Kuntz Hero. This is a "keen" poll Sign up or Sign in now! Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos. This video has an invalid file format. Auto HD High Low. Report a problem. Sorry, but you can't access this content!
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