It's ****ing annoying when people cant pronounce the names

[TCG]

I was riding the bus today and this girl next to me was talking on the phone a lot of LOTR. she seemed pretty knowledgeable, she'd read the hobbit, and obviously seen all the films (even a LOTR desktop on her laptop), and was a fan, but HOW could she not pronounce some of the names correctly? and they were easy names:

she pronounced Gollum as Goal-um, and aragorn as aragon, and Eowyn as Arawen.

i might expect it from a non-fan, but she was clearly a fan. so annoying.

ok, rant over.

[matrixrok9]

you should have yelled at her and made a scene........that is totally unacceptable. Ridiculous I tell ya, ridiculous.

[caligulathegod]

But did she say "Dwarfs" or "Dwarves"?

[jaeufraser]

Oh God the heathen!!! But but...did she say...Aruman instead of Saruman? That would be the biggest sin, especially if she then made half an animated lotr movie and it sucked.

[Kumar J]

Well you guy have not been to Japan yet.Trolls became Toll and Balrog became Malrog.It's a waste of time explaning to them the names.The only names they seems to pronounce is Saruman,Frodo and Sam,Gimli and Legolas.

[jaeufraser]

Originally posted by Kumar J
Well you guy have not been to Japan yet.Trolls became Toll and Balrog became Malrog.It's a waste of time explaning to them the names.The only names they seems to pronounce is Saruman,Frodo and Sam,Gimli and Legolas.

In Japan wouldn't it be...Regoras and Gimri?

[Seeker]

i was visiting my brother and he kept saying "Isengawd" - i cringed, but decided it was his accent or something.

[Iron Chef]

kill her

[old_mate]

Originally posted by caligulathegod
But did she say "Dwarfs" or "Dwarves"?

or did she say "Dwarrows"?

[Kumar J]

Originally posted by jaeufraser
In Japan wouldn't it be...Regoras and Gimri?
Maybe thats what is written in the books in Japanese,but the one's I talked to seems to pronounce those 2 names correctly.

[jaeufraser]

Originally posted by Kumar J
Maybe thats what is written in the books in Japanese,but the one's I talked to seems to pronounce those 2 names correctly.

Ha, err, my comment was a joke. Go talk to some asian folk and try to get them to pronounce the Ls...

[eedoon]

Originally posted by TCG
this girl next to me

Yeah, but the question is, would you hit it? ;)

[TCG]

Originally posted by eedoon
Yeah, but the question is, would you hit it? ;)
well, yeah, and she can call me Aragon any time.