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Originally Posted by Finduilas
ahh. So how do you pronounce Minas? Meenas Eetheel?
 that sounds really weird...  |
Granted, but it is indeed pronounced Meenas. What I think mitigates the odd pronunciation of Ithil is that the emphasis is on the second rather than the first syllable. The same goes for the name Isildur (again, an emphasis on the second syllable).