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[Facts] Idril
How would you pronounce the female name Idril? Thanks*Brogan
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I feel that there are two ways to go about this, there is the Tolkien way, which i would modify, it seemed he liked the breathless either ih-d-rr(slight trill)-eehl, or ee-d-rr-eehl (said slowly, with the emphasis on the moving from the 'r' to the 'i'
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Probably not - given Tolkien's usual language rules, it would be IH-drihl ('ih' being a short 'i' sound, as in 'pick' when pronounced by someone English or Australian.
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Ditto.
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*nods* That's how I say it...*pro-life*
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