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4592
now this might sound like a newbie question, but what is this general use mode? as i have seen, Tolkien used it, but not in the context of the Arda history,...
Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
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Feb 1, 2005
9:50 am
4593
hi ive been learning Quenya for about 2 or 3 months and am gettin along so-so, but i was wondering, is there an elvish script for Quenya? i thought that...
baphometboy1
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Feb 1, 2005
1:37 pm
4594
... I think talking of a _general use mode_ is misdirecting, and I'd rather just call it the 'general use'. It is explicitly placed within an Arda history...
j_mach_wust
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Feb 1, 2005
1:37 pm
4595
... No, the tengwar were first invented to be used with Quenya. Many description of the classical Quenya orthography (or "mode" as tengwar orthographies use to...
j_mach_wust
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Feb 1, 2005
1:43 pm
4596
Following the invaluable encouragement, advice and suggestions I have received on this list, I'm happy to announce that a new version of Tengwar Annatar has...
Johan Winge
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Feb 2, 2005
11:43 am
4597
Måns Björkman wrote: ... ... Johan Winge wrote: ... ... Within a few days, two of the best tengwar fonts have been updated. For the first times, there are...
j_mach_wust
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Feb 2, 2005
7:10 pm
4598
Aiya! During the transcription of a Quenya passage in tengwar, I've found an -normally- interesting case: a long vowel. So, can be too simply -writing with...
Fradeve Virgilio
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Feb 2, 2005
9:18 pm
4599
... single tehtar ... preceding ... Both are attested and thus correct. The long carrier use is attested in DTS 19 (The Jacket Namárie) and DTS 20 (Namárie),...
calwen76
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Feb 3, 2005
8:10 am
4600
Imagine the tengwar as a flexible non-standard script for many languages, used in not few, but many places, in medieval europe (yes, i know M-e is not...
Gildor Inglorion
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Feb 3, 2005
9:17 am
4601
Hello, in my recent post to Elfling, I promised to send a Sindarin version of this sentence but more advanced Elflingers convinced me not to do so... Here is...
calwen76
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Feb 4, 2005
8:39 am
4602
Lucy wrote: ... Are should be written rather with óre, since the silent e doesn't count as a vowel. I'd rather go with the first way of representing the -er...
j_mach_wust
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Feb 4, 2005
2:10 pm
4603
... Warning guys! The original reads "Not all those who wander are lost"! (51H j°E 4~N8 o~N y2P#7 6D jiH1) See ...
Benct Philip Jonsson
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Feb 4, 2005
6:58 pm
4604
... There is at least one example of Tolkien using the dot for 'e' and the acute accent for 'i': the tehta mode version of the Brogan tengwa greeting (DTS 10)....
i_degilbor
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Feb 5, 2005
12:33 am
4605
... An example where Tolkien (J.R.R., not Christopher) did represent "e" with the dot and "i" with the acute would be the Brogan Tengwar Greetings (the first...
hisilome
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Feb 5, 2005
2:32 am
4606
... That's also how I would spell it according to orthographic English tehtar spelling, incl. roomen for the pronounced "r" in "wander". Just one question I...
Dave
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Feb 5, 2005
3:23 am
4607
Dave 'Hísilómë' wrote: ... Yes it is, in DTS 36 and 37 (if I remember correctly, we all agreed at least on this in the recent debate). ... One more reason...
j_mach_wust
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Feb 5, 2005
12:05 pm
4608
hey there my name is moshe and i need your help, would you be kind enough to help me and translate the fallowing in to quenya in tengwar cursive lettering ...
mzagai
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Feb 7, 2005
1:12 am
4609
Ever notice that the Tengwar/Cirth grid can be over laid onto Japanese Syllybary (Katagana/KiraGana) and .. not sure.. got to do more work on it and see.. Mike...
michael.adams1
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Feb 7, 2005
5:17 am
4610
... transcribed: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfscript/files/j_mach_wust/all_who.jpg Yap, all wrong was my crack.. :( I's too hasty. Lucy...
calwen76
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Feb 7, 2005
8:26 am
4611
I've kind of muddled through it, and have a vauge, maybe-kinda right transcription, but I think I need help. I'm planning to get my moria-gate star cleaned up...
quallianmaghouin
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Feb 7, 2005
8:33 am
4612
... as well as devanagari, and linear b, and i am sure several others this is because the arrangement was phonetic.. something that AFAIK the phoenicians (and...
Gildor Inglorion
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Feb 7, 2005
8:57 am
4613
... Could you put a scan in the Files section or a description or post the messy characters that'd produce your transcription in a tengwar font? That'd help a...
j_mach_wust
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Feb 7, 2005
10:56 am
4614
... lost"! I know, it was not me who wanted that sentence (All who wander are not lost). The logic is twisted, as I argued some time ago here in this forum (in...
calwen76
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Feb 7, 2005
1:26 pm
4615
... As a tip for all who seek help by email: if you feel you really need to send the same question simultaneously to a mailing list and some individual people,...
Harri Perälä
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Feb 7, 2005
4:02 pm
4616
oh! sorry, I guess that would have been useful. I don't have a scanner, or a screen capture tool, but I did use this website: http://www.17webplace.com/lotr/...
quallianmaghouin
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Feb 7, 2005
6:06 pm
4617
... scanner, or a screen capture ... as a jumping off point. ... I could gather, this ... It is called _Mode of Beleriand_. ... right, but that really ... You...
calwen76
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Feb 8, 2005
7:36 am
4618
Nevermind, I'm just going to cave and pay someone to do it for me. Thanks though Qualli...
quallianmaghouin
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Feb 8, 2005
2:11 pm
4619
The two pictures are posted in the photo's section in a file called qualli's translations. We're still working on the angerthas and agreed that phonetic was...
quallianmaghouin
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Feb 8, 2005
6:33 pm
4620
The tengwar transcription currently reads _mi hirt bd / mi gi n_. Looks as if the vowels were supposed to be expressed by diacritics ("tehtar") but have been...
j_mach_wust
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Feb 8, 2005
8:42 pm
4621
Aiya, first of all, thanks to Hísilómë, Gildor Inglorion, Calwen 76 and Danny. So, this unexpected clarification will permit me to terminate my work. I will...
Fradeve Virgilio
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Feb 8, 2005
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