[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

I liked it. It sounded more foreign than when other people speak it.

at least it doesn't sound as bad as Leonard Nimoy singing about Bilbo! OMG that was AWFUL!

Who wrote that dreadful song? Why did Leonard Nimoy sing it? Couldn't he see that it was rubbish? And that video: well, it's best not to talk about it. He's a better singer than William Shatner, though.

Those English accents will do that. Now, if we could get Hugo Weaving to read that...

My argument is simple: Tolkien invented the language, along with all of the intended pronunciations. Therefore his manner of speaking it must be the closest to the correct mode and thus accentless. If it sounds like Lapp, that's hardly surprising since much of the parent languages were Germanic and Scandinavian.

As for English accents: I shan't heap my indignant scorn on that concept, I shall merely repeat the old adage that Britain and America are two countries divided by a common language.