0
Joaozin Posted 6 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Pronunciation of the m letter and the Dark L in specific situations.

Hello, everyone!

I was casually reading and watching some stuff about The Lord Of The Rings, when I stumbled upon the ring poem. There's a line in it that follows: "One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them".

That line raised two questions. The first one being: in "them all", is "all" pronounced immeadiately after "them" or is there a pause?

And the second question is similar to the first one: in "all and", is the "and" pronounced immeadiately after "all" (making it sound a bit like the light l) or is there a pause?

Thanks in advance!

  

Top answer

Q1 - them all is a unified phrase that means all of them. Don't pause before 'all'. Q2 - Think of the line this way.

— Clive

  • Q1 - them all is a unified phrase that means all of them.
  • Don't pause before 'all'.
  • Q2 - Think of the line this way.
  • One ring to do this and to do this.
  • The conjunction 'and' needs a slight pause both before and after it, as it joins two ideas.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

2 Answers
0

Q1 - them all is a unified phrase that means all of them. Don't pause before 'all'.

Q2 - Think of the line this way. One ring to do this and to do this. The conjunction 'and' needs a slight pause both before and after it, as it joins two ideas.

Clive


0
0
JoaozinOne ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

I'd read it aloud thus:

One ring
to bring themall ( /ð?'m?l/ )
andinthe darkness ( /'ænd?nð?/ )
bind them.

CJ

0

Related Questions