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Originally Posted by Dimturiel
He wanted to prove to Gandalf and the rest that he was not just a slave of Sauron's - although Gandalf does call him one at the end of their discussion, thus showing that the trick did not actually work. It was like he was saying to them: [I]I am that deep in Sauron's favour, that close to him that I can actually afford to use this name, a thing he does not permit the rest of his servants to do.
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Not a bad idea, but the trouble is, Mouth of Sauron apparently called himself Mouth of Sauron
always. That means, not only in this particular case. And that does not still quite answer the question why would
Sauron allow him to call himself like that.