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How did J. R. R. Tolkien want the final 'f' pronounced differently than an 'f' anywhere else in a word?
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There has been much discussion on this topic. Since the name, Gandalf, comes from Westron the language of the Northern Men who originally called him a wand-elf, the name should be represented in Old Norse, so it should probably be pronounced Gahndahlv. But that answer should not be set in stone. Mithrandir is his Sindarin name.
On the other hand, other words ending with 'f' may not be pronounced as a 'v' because they may have a different origin. For instance, the word Nindalf, the Sindarin name of a fen or swamp near the Emyn Muil, is called Wetwang in Westron, the language of the Northern men, so it probably should be pronounced Nindalf.
This is also related to the whole discussion of the plural of the words: elf, self, shelf, wolf, and dwarf. Why do we say (in the plural): elves, selves, shelves, wolves, and dwarfs? Tolkien argued that the last word in that list should be dwarves.
In case you are wondering, dwarf does end in an 'f', but the word is English. The Westron word for dwarf is narag, which does not end in an 'f', so it should probably be pronounced dwarf. For the same reason, elf, self shelf, and wolf should probably be pronounced with an ending 'f' sound also.
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