@shderz@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoI don't know how to say this to you...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1971arrow-down118
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minus-square@ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoWait, Tolkien was English. He didn’t mean “Shire” to be pronounced like we Americans do it?
minus-squarePsychadelligoatlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoHe did As a standalone word it’s Shire as we say it, but put it at the end of a word and you pronounce it differently Lancashire is lanka-sheer, for example
Wait, Tolkien was English. He didn’t mean “Shire” to be pronounced like we Americans do it?
He did
As a standalone word it’s Shire as we say it, but put it at the end of a word and you pronounce it differently
Lancashire is lanka-sheer, for example