Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-32352572-20180113185101/@comment-29620769-20180113190259

Why do you think you hear incorrectly?

In sindarin, mae g'ovannen is familiar greeting (friends and family), while mae l'ovannen is formal greeting (strangers, royals, showing respect) so that is most likely mae l'ovannen they say, since you're stranger to them