... Although it is possible the concept of different 'modes' for different languages was manifest already in the Sarati, I do not think so. Rather, I think...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Feb 4, 2001 6:20 pm
I notice with great interest that Elfconner Arden R. Smith sometimes appears on this list, sharing his considerable insight on Tolkien's writing systems (no,...
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Dan Smith
dansmith@...
Feb 4, 2001 9:02 pm
... Yes, I've looked in several places and also can't find any clear statements as to what variation of Cirth runes the Orcs might have used. The three most...
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Vicentini Emanuele
vicentin@...
Feb 5, 2001 10:25 am
Greetings, I'm not sure if what I'm writing is plainly wrong, so first of all I beg your pardon. In the Book pages made by Tolkien there's and under-bar used...
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Dan Smith
dansmith@...
Feb 6, 2001 1:12 am
... The "circumflex" is used in: _Letters by J.R.R.Tolkien_ (1981), page 132, Letter to Hugh Brogan - top inscription Houghton Mifflin, 1981 / ISBN...
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Michael Everson
everson@...
Feb 6, 2001 6:15 pm
I found Helge's posting to Arden a bit offensive. Maybe he meant it tongue-in-cheek, but as someone who volunteers a great deal of his time doing charity work...
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Angasule
angasule@...
Feb 8, 2001 1:41 am
... I understand what you say, but you're missing a big part of the problem, I recommend you read Helge's article on copyright which tells the whole story. You...
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Edouard Kloczko
ejk@...
Feb 8, 2001 12:19 pm
... It is extraordinary (o say the least!) that Mr. Arden Smith who has access to *thousands* of unpublished manuscrits pages by JRR Tolkien dealing with...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Feb 8, 2001 5:44 pm
... And does anyone believe that this will change by being offensive back? I think most people are aware of this sad issue (if anyone isn't I second the...
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Michael Everson
everson@...
Feb 8, 2001 5:57 pm
... There is no link to that article from that page. -- Michael Everson ** Everson Gunn Teoranta ** http://www.egt.ie 15 Port Chaeimhghein Íochtarach;...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Feb 8, 2001 6:07 pm
I have been trying to reconstruct the "Mode of Dale" explicitated in the page nº ii of the Book of Mazarbul. Cf. what C. Tolkien wrote in _Pictures_ : "the...
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Angasule
angasule@...
Feb 8, 2001 9:01 pm
... I recall it was removed from there some time ago (that's why I didn't give the link) but I think you can find it floating around in other sites. Angasule...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Feb 10, 2001 1:32 pm
... I don't see why this mode should make use of ómatehtar, as you suggest at the bottom of the table. I'd rather guess <esse> and <e. nq.> are used for /z/,...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Feb 11, 2001 10:37 am
... Your right. I should have deleted all those, except the i and j. My mistake. ... It is not as simple as that. Alda is used for _ll_ (l:) in the "Northern ...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Feb 11, 2001 9:02 pm
... Perhaps so, perhaps <alda> is used for *both* _ll_ and _hl_ in the Westron modes -- about this we can only speculate. However, since Westron evidently...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Feb 12, 2001 6:30 pm
... I have scrutinise the page of Mazarbul. Apparently the last word of the line 14th is _is_ and is written with an esse, that is phonetically _iz_ (could ...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Feb 12, 2001 11:10 pm
... Very well, but if they don't, it seems to me that they should not be involved in the publication of primary materials in the first place. They should step...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Feb 27, 2001 7:00 am
Sarmendili, My Tengwar font Tengwar Parmaite is now available for downloading from the web site _Amanye Tenceli_ ( http://hem.passagen.se/mansb/at ). Comments...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Feb 27, 2001 9:09 pm
... Your documentation is in RTF. My TT converter unfortunately does rearage the tengwar (I work only with Macs). So I cannot interpert your RTF doc as it...
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Talwyn Lochsyr
talwyn@...
Feb 28, 2001 5:41 pm
Hello all! I am new to this forum but one thing I think is missing from the tolkienic languages is a true cursive script. I think that while the formal ...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Feb 28, 2001 6:17 pm
Please don't send such heavy GIF! :-( 430K is much to BIG for my e-mail box. You image is much too big. It is B/W and could reduced. EJK...
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talwyn@...
Feb 28, 2001 6:37 pm
Sorry, I didn't think it was a problem. I just threw it on a scanner and sent. I'll be more careful in the future. --Steve...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Mar 1, 2001 7:29 am
... It's in the works. ... As I understand, the "ligature"; double curls only occur in the ring-inscription style of writing. Doubled curls may be produced by ...
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Angasule
angasule@...
Mar 1, 2001 3:15 pm
... Well, first question, why the pen change? I don't think elves had ballpens so sticking with feather-like writing should be the best? About the script...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Mar 2, 2001 9:57 am
... <snip> ... The published corpus of tengwar inscription is _very_ small compared to what Tolkien have done. The double curls could have been "usual" in the...
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Emanuele Vicentini
vicentin@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:13 pm
Greetings, ... Unfortunately I don't have that old issue of Quettar, but a small sample of Quenya numerals (an extract of Quettar, actually) can be downloaded...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Mar 2, 2001 1:22 pm
... I was not able to interpret this document (even with Photoshop...). EJK...
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Michael Everson
everson@...
Mar 2, 2001 1:36 pm
... I've translated it to PDF. See http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso10646/pdf/tengwar-numbers.pdf -- Michael Everson ** Everson Gunn Teoranta **...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Mar 2, 2001 5:13 pm
... That is a reasonable speculation, yes. ... I assume you are referring to Gandalf's quoting Isildur's description of the Ring during the Council of Elrond...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Mar 2, 2001 5:17 pm
... Thank you very much! Vive PDF! ;-) Well, the only thing left now is someone with the Quettar... ;-) EJK...
