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I'm really worried I'm going to forget how to pronounce Ilúvatar before the end of this book. He keeps putting the stress on the first "a" instead of the "u". And I've sped this up to 1.35x and he's still too slow. I wasn't expecting this from Serkis. 🙈
— Nov 08, 2025 08:08PM
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I'm not in the headspace right now to deal with Túrin Turambar. It's either pause there indefinitely or skip ahead. I chose to skip. Túrin's tale in summary: everything sucked, and then they died. Just your average Greek tragedy. 🙈
— Nov 24, 2025 10:04PM
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I don't think I could name another story where a character so clearly sees the enemy for what it is and yet still falls prey to its machinations because he's such a hot-headed dingbat and ends up doing far more destruction as a result. 🤦🏻♀️
— Nov 17, 2025 07:41PM
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Now this is the performance I expected from Serkis.
I'm listening at 1.40x speed though. 🙈
— Nov 11, 2025 02:27PM
I'm listening at 1.40x speed though. 🙈
Linda ~ they got the mustard out! ~
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FËANOR! 🤬
Ok, so he hasn't done anything yet, other than give his mom permanent post-partum depression. But every time I see his name, I want to wring his neck until his head pops off and then use it as a bowling ball.
— Nov 10, 2025 10:32PM
Ok, so he hasn't done anything yet, other than give his mom permanent post-partum depression. But every time I see his name, I want to wring his neck until his head pops off and then use it as a bowling ball.
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How do you have accent marks and still put the stress the wrong syllable?
— Nov 07, 2025 10:46PM
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Tamara wrote: "That sucks, Serkis is such a good narrator 😞Incidentally, that's how I've been pronouncing Iluvatar in the Serbian translation, so I probably wouldn't even notice 😅"
I actually downloaded the Martin Shaw narration to compare them, and he pronounces it with much the same cadence but with much less emphasis on the "a". Maybe I'm the one pronouncing it wrong. 🤣
But he's a much faster narrator. His narration is about 1.25 hours shorter than Serkis's, after adjusting for the extra stuff that Serkis's has. 🙈
Linda ~ they got the mustard out! ~ wrote: "I actually downloaded the Martin Shaw narration to compare them, and he pronounces it with much the same cadence but with much less emphasis on the "a". Maybe I'm the one pronouncing it wrong. 🤣"Your pronunciation does make more sense though!
Linda ~ they got the mustard out! ~ wrote: "Tamara wrote: "But he's a much faster narrator. His narration is about 1.25 hours shorter than Serkis's, after adjusting for the extra stuff that Serkis's has. 🙈"
Serkis is a bard, you can't hurry a bard! 😁
He's either started pronouncing it correctly, or I've gotten used to it. 🤭
Incidentally, that's how I've been pronouncing Iluvatar in the Serbian translation, so I probably wouldn't even notice 😅