[Kalla]

Well, I guess the way I see it, as they are just different dialects...I mean...when I hear people from the same country talking they can even say the same words and sound like they're from a different region of the world, even if they live next door and grew up together. I did think that for the most part, the accents matched the differences that Tolkien depicted in the book...it was mentioned earlier about Frodo and Bilbo being more educated and the elves speaking more refined and poetic, etc. It doesn't strike me as odd though that Merry would sound similar to Pippen but not exactly like him. I know my own speaking is not completely one dialect and most the people I talk to resemble certain languages but are not the "traditional" pronunciation that most would think of. Then again, I may be reading into it a bit too much, but I guess that's what happens when my brain gets going! Languages fascinate me so...I just had to comment. If only I could live as long as an elf to learn all the languages....*sigh*