#Silm Pronunciations

[silm-pronunciations]

Maeglin

Maeglin

Alternate pronunciation, but no less correct

[arafinweanappreciation]

okay I’m curious

[sesamenom]

Reverse Gondolin Tyelpe!

outfit inspired by this post by @thelien-art

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Reblog if you, too, have been pronouncing it Maitímo all this time.

[holytrickster]

also i finally finished the silm earlier and oh my god i understood narn i chin hurin so much better this time. like i know the whole thing isn't included but the fact the main parts are mentioned *after* i knew who the heck everyone in it was and where everything was happening made it so much more understandable now than when i first read it back when i was like 14 bc i went like hobbit -> lotr -> children of hurin with a lot of time in between where i forgot stuff

[lordgrimwing]

I am by no means good with Quenya but

"Lá yondo!"

me in 2023: in 2024 i will try to improve my art

me in 2024: WWE Silmarillion crossover

[ann-atar]

Yes, I have finally watched tHe fINalE for TROP season 2. I'm not going to post about that yet ... but I do want to issue a heartfelt plea to Rings of Power fans:

Read The Silmarillion.

If you haven't already, please read it.

I'm saying this because SILM is important to me, is one of my long-time comfort reads, because it will enhance your enjoyment of what you see on-screen, and because it will most likely lead you to read a lot more in the Legendarium. Which will bring more fans who have more detailed background knowledge to this fandom.

I had a friend a few years back who was reluctant to read SILM etc. because she couldn't intuitively pronounce the place and character names. Not a problem! If that is what's holding you back, there are audio versions and you can go to sites like Tolkien Gateway to hear accurate pronunciations for everything.

Can you enjoy Rings of Power without that background knowledge? Of course. But imo it's so much better (and worse!) with exposure to the source material.

Do I think SILM is the be-all, end-all when it comes to Arda material? No, and I have some love-hate opinions about Tolkien's works in general, as we all do, but I do believe that if you are really enjoying this (or any) adaptation your experience will be greatly enhanced by reading (or listening to) The Silmarillion.

[welcomingdisaster]

i was trying to sell a friend of mine on reading the silm. and i was like "it's shorter than lord of the rings," sent them a picture of the book, and meant to say "the last forty or so pages are just genealogies, glossaries, and pronunciation guides" what my phone autocorrected this too, though, was "the last forty or so pages are just genealogies, glossaries, and pronouns"

now i'm imagining you get to like page 293 of the silm and it's, like.

finwe - he/him miriel - she/they feanor - xe/xem orodreth - any pronouns

[nighttimepatrons]

me taking silm-pronunciations back behind the barn

[runawaymun]

I wish you would write a fic where Elrond and Celebrimbor and Celebrian and Gil-galad and everyone gets to be happy and platonically/romantically in love.

Also, To Partake is lovely and I keep rereading bits and on three occasions this week I wishes there was a podfic of it so I could listen while cleaning.

An everybody-lives-nobody-dies polyamory AU would be the loveliest most self indulgent thing I think I would ever write. The idea of intrigues me and I feel like it would be a lot of fun, though if I were to do it I probably would write it more along the lines of my Silm interpretation of the characters (especially Gil). A couple oneshots would be fun.

I already have a vague concept in my head of a Valinor AU that includes a Celrondir + Gilrond OT4 situation. (With Cel and Lindir being sexual-romantic partners with Elrond, and everybody being platonic partners with Gil), so daydreaming about various OT4s that involve Elrond is not outside my realm of indulgence :D

He just deserves a polycule!!

Also with regards to a podfic I would love it honestly if someone podficced To Partake! I don't know that I trust my own reading and pronunciation to do it myself, but maybe someday...

Tell me on anon (or not) what fic you wish I'd write

[silm-pronunciations]

Ereinion Gil-galad?

Ereinion Gil-galad

[chiliadicorum]

15, 18 for silm asks

#15 (favorite ted nasmith painting) this was quite a hard choice i have to admit

At Lake Cuivienen

there's too much nostalgia when i see this painting for me to not list it as a favorite. It's the first one of his I ever saw, it's the artwork on my first copy of the silm and it's what drew me to pick up the book...this just hits a special spot in my heart every time i see it

there's so many to pick from!!!

#18 (what's the hardest name or word for you to pronounce?) i think I'll have to go back to when tolkien's world was still new to me. Pronunciation tends to come easily to me and I can't really recall names that are/were a stumbling block. Telperinquar I recall being one of the harder ones to figure out how to say, and then for it to roll off the tongue smoothly.

No different answer. Araw. The Sindarin name for Orome. I "know" how it sounds but I still can't really get it out of my mouth!

[kitwilsonsass]

wait you mentioned reading the pronunciation guides - did you finish the silm? what's your fav chapter? :DD

oh god no i'm only like half way through

[girlelrond]

Deluxe edition of silm is so good just read the guide on elvish pronunciation and my autism is going WILD. Yes please tell me all the letter sounds I need to know them all

[silm-pronunciations]

Kitafinwë

Eltánaurë

see full names here and here

Reminder Silm fans that the buff boys are called Kit Wilson and Elton Prince smh. appreciate your sources