Thanks for your input! I wrote "me" like that because I was trying to
do it phonetically, and since it's Latin, the "me" wouldn't rhyme
with a word like "bee" but would rhyme more with "hay." But do you
think I should write it with the letter "e" even so?




--- In elfscript@yahoogroups.com, Palatinus <elfiness@...> wrote:
>
> It seems to be an acceptable (to me) way to spell Latin with
tengwar... I know there have been attempts before, I don't know if
you have consulted them. A mistake I found is that you wrote 'me'
as 'maa'
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: elmac526 <elmac526@...>
> To: elfscript@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, January 8, 2007 1:02:56 AM
> Subject: [elfscript] Getting a Tattoo in Elvish

>
>
> Hi everyone, I just found this group, and was wondering
if anyone would
>
> mind helping me. I want to get a tattoo in Elvish, and for the past
>
> couple of days have been researching Tengwar.
>
>
>
> The phrase I want in Tengwar is "Quod me nutrit me destruit" which
I
>
> attempted to translate into Quenya but found very difficult so now
I am
>
> just trying to do it in English. Because the phrase is in Latin,
>
> phonetically I figured it would be something like "Kwod mai nutrit
mai
>
> destruit." I have come up with the following:
>
>
>
> http://www.geocities.com/elmac526/tat.JPG
>
>
>
> Is this correct? I want to make sure before I do anything permanent.
>
> Thank you!