Now that I have seen the Return of the King trailer, is has brought back a question that I had while I was reading the books a while back.
How is ‘Minas Tirith’ supposed to be pronounced? I guess it depends what background your from, but what way would Tolkien have pronounced it?
I say Mee-nas Tee-rith. The only other alternative I can think of would be Main-us Tee-rith?
Yeh im bored and needed a break from studying, so any thoughts?? 
-Mith
sorry that second one is supposed to read Mine-us Tee-rith
Pronounced “meena’s teeree’th” according to the Encylopedia of Arda.
OK, now pronouce “Minas Anor” and “Minas Ithil”. For extra credit, try “Minas Morgul”.
Check out the elvish pronunciation guide
and just sit back and listen to this
I’ve pronounced it Meh-nas Teh-rith.
I have an audio recording of kindly Prof. Tolkien reading excerpts from LOTR and he says MEEnas TEErith. I’m inclined to believe him myself. 
I’ve always pronounced it in my head as Minus Teerith. Kinda like Minus Human, only with less Metallica.
I’ve always had the sneaking suspicion I was wrong, though.
I believe the Tolkiens have it.
A friend of mine is friends with a band that used to be called that. I saw this thread and thought it was about them. Heh.
I at first thought it was “Minus TEE-rith” when I first sounded it out in my head. I first learned that other folks thought it might be something else when I first read Bored of the Rings, and their parody of it was “Minas Troney” (“Minestrone”), which suggested “Minnas Tirith”. Interesting that Tolkien preferred “Mee-nas”. I prefer that to the short “i”, although I like the long “i” better than both.