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Author Topic: How do you pronounce "Smaug?" Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-12-2013 06:58 PM                        So I'm doing the recording for the theatre and realize I don't know how to pronounce this word exactly. Is it "Smog," "Smag," "Smawg," "Smowg" or "Smahg?"  |  IP: Logged Chris Daigle Film Handler Posts: 24 From: Gardner, MA USA Registered: Dec 2012 posted 12-12-2013 08:14 PM                     The middle part of the word rhymes with loud or now.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 12-12-2013 08:17 PM                        "Money". See here  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-12-2013 11:24 PM                        I don't pronounce it. How do they pronounce it in the movie? That's how it's supposed to be pronounced.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 12-13-2013 01:38 AM                     From the Wikipedia page: Smaug (/smaʊɡ/) is a fictional dragon and the primary antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit. He is described as "a most specially greedy, strong and wicked worm". If you hover over the letters in the phonetic description you will see: 's' in 'sigh' 'm' in 'my' /au/ 'ou' in 'pout' 'g' in 'guy' So the au is indeed like the ou in loud  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-13-2013 12:22 PM                     s-meow-gghh.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-13-2013 12:54 PM                     I pronounce it WGAF.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-13-2013 01:05 PM                     You left out "smug."  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 12-13-2013 09:05 PM                     Most of the time I've heard it pronounced your number 3 Mike.  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-14-2013 05:49 AM                     I'd pronounce it "that Hobbit Movie"  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-14-2013 09:11 AM                        Based on the movie itself, the people who said the "au" rhymes with the "ou" in "loud" are right. So my #4 is the right one.... "Smowg." However, I wish we were still playing "Frozen." This is going to be a long 3 weeks. I hate having to listen to the same movie for 3 weeks...at least "Frozen" had catchy tunes. quote: Richard Hamilton I'd pronounce it "that Hobbit Movie" Good point... everyone has said "When does The Hobbit start" or things like that; nobody ever calls it by its subtitle.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 12-14-2013 02:29 PM                     'Frozen' also was fifty minutes shorter and less bloated. Not particularly impressed with the latest Hobbit movie.  |  IP: Logged

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