Well, not silly in my mind, but maybe to some of you guys.

How is Legolas pronounced?

Is it Lee golas with a long e,

or leg olas sounding like Leg long O las

luh goal us?

I've never heard it pronounced, but that's the way I've always thought it sounded.

Leg-oh-las, though the oh should be a bit shorter than that.
We'll see what they make of it in the movies though ;)

In my mind, I've always heard it kind of like LeGOlas. But then....my mind is frequently confused. :confused:

Leg-oh-las as Logolas said. The audio cassettes back this up. Apparently, when they made the tapes, they asked Christopher Tolkien to send a tape with all the prenunciations over from France.

Surely you mean more of a 'Ley-goh-las'?

No, I think it's a very short 'e', like in 'elf'

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Legolas:
No, I think it's a very short 'e', like in 'elf'<hr></blockquote>

<font color="lightblue"> Lets look in the book.... apendix e has a pronunciacian guide... *flicks through pages* Farewell We call To Hearth and hALL!! no, thats not it *flicks some more* something about an Ent no i dont think thats it *flickity flickity flick* AH here we go... Ok, nothing in there made any real sense, but i think it means that any vowel by itself without an accent bar is short. </font>

lol...

Tancred's pronounciation sounds right to me, that's how I always pronounce it.