The Chronicles of Narnia the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

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Karlos wrote:
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That is disturbingly good.

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Wayne wrote:

2) Perhaps it was the translations to the movie, perhaps it was the accents of the actors.  I knew nothing of the book, but had often heard of "Osland" (oz land, or how I would pronounce it).  Actors in the movie kept constantly referring to it as "ass land" which, for a kid's movie, bothered me greatly.

Are you referring to Aslan the lion? If so then "ass lan" is the correct pronunciation.

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mdma wrote:

Wayne wrote:

bloodline wrote:
Are you referring to Aslan the lion? If so then "ass lan" is the correct pronunciation.

Even "aslan" would have been acceptable, but in the movie, several people put notable pause between as and lan, making it come out as "ass lan".

Wayne

That is the correct pronunctiation in English.

American English may differ I guess.

It's just occured to me (having not seen the film), that many actors in it have regional English accents... that probably threw off Waynes American ears!! :-)