... Yes, you're right, of course, I don't mean "capital" in the sense of a different character like a and A, just a larger version, like c and C. If...
5072
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Dec 24, 2005 7:35 pm
Maybe the plural of yanta is yantar?...
5073
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Dec 24, 2005 7:45 pm
... Took me a little bit to figure out the ref to DTS 21. Yes, context makes it abundantly clear there. I'm writing out every Sindarin text I can find in the...
5074
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Dec 24, 2005 8:21 pm
Well, now, this is interesting. Chris McCay's Tengwar Textbook shows yanta with no stem above the point where the left arm intersects it. (Or is it still...
5075
Palatinus
elfiness
Dec 24, 2005 11:09 pm
... I am not sure if the word 'yantar' is attested, but at least according to well attested plurals (Elda, Eldar) nothing indicates this is wrong, or that...
5076
nz_caitie
Dec 30, 2005 2:20 am
hi! i am nearly ready to get a quenya tengwar tattoo, just thought i'd check to see if my transcribing was correct. help would be appreciated. - Tulca ar...
5077
elfscript@yahoogroups...
Dec 30, 2005 5:44 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the elfscript group. File :...
5078
calwen76
Dec 30, 2005 7:40 am
... i'd ... appreciated. ... Hello, the transcription itself seems perfect to me, however I can't say that about the translation since I have almost zero...
5079
calwen76
Dec 30, 2005 11:18 am
Just wanted to wish a Happy New Year to everybody, a lot of health and love. Hope to learn more about the writing systems this year - I'm just finishing my...
5080
Palatinus
elfiness
Dec 30, 2005 9:34 pm
just 2 or 3 notes: 1. The most obvious mistake is when you confused the latin letter C with the tengwa c, used for 'a' in the mode of Beleriand, in your word...
5081
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Dec 31, 2005 5:04 am
... Oh, thank you for the critique. Yes, "erudite," very good. The construction is bit awkward, admittedly, but I couldn't resist the parallel with the word...
5082
elfscript@yahoogroups...
Dec 31, 2005 5:10 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the elfscript group. File :...
5083
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Dec 31, 2005 5:14 am
This one has been deleted now, replaced with v2....
5084
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Dec 31, 2005 5:54 am
... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfscript/files/happynewyearelfscript2.jpg And while I was at it, I discovered how to make circumflexes in Parmaite font (I...
5085
j_mach_wust
Dec 31, 2005 1:14 pm
David "Daeron" Finnamore wrote: ... Don't use that source! It is mainly some tengwar spellings made up by Chris McKay without caring much about how Tolkien...
5086
Måns Björkman
mansbjorkman
Dec 31, 2005 2:11 pm
... "... I like typewriters; and my dram is of suddenly finding myself rich enough to have an electric typewriter built to my specifications, to type the...
5087
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Dec 31, 2005 6:30 pm
Thanks a ton! I'll put McKay's pdf in a subfolder named "Dubious." So, not only did I mix two sources, I also mixed tehta mode with a phonemic approach, the...
5088
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Dec 31, 2005 6:59 pm
... (p.344) ... Electric. :) ... Well, now, that's very interesting coming from a man who hated the effects of the industrial revolution so much that,...
5089
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Dec 31, 2005 7:43 pm
OK, v3 is up but I forgot to check "send message." It's at http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/elfscript/files/happynewyearelfscript3.jpg I stuck w Kyrmse's...
5090
j_mach_wust
Jan 1, 2006 1:55 am
... http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/elfscript/files/happynewyearelfscript3.jpg First of all, what I'm most uncomfortable with is that you still are using...
5091
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Jan 1, 2006 9:53 am
... That was per Kyrmse's recommendation, which I thought you had said was good. Maybe you meant his earlier work, not specifically his new proposal. He...
5092
Dave
hisilome
Jan 1, 2006 10:31 am
... From: "David J. Finnamore" <daeron@...> To: <elfscript@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:51 PM Subject: [elfscript] Re: Happy...
5093
j_mach_wust
Jan 1, 2006 5:13 pm
... I didn't know his tehtar proposal either. It's a pdf you can access at Ronald's site: http://www.geocities.com/otsoandor/ I like his analysis of English...
5094
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Jan 1, 2006 8:33 pm
I'm attempting to conform my English language happy new year message to orthographic tehta mode spelling per Måns Björkman's page ...
5095
j_mach_wust
Jan 2, 2006 3:27 am
David "Daeron" Finnamore wrote: ... Always if you're writing phonemically, never if you're not. ... This is however exactly what Tolkien has done, for instance...
5096
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Jan 2, 2006 5:38 am
Well, that's good two no. Less agonizing over which characters to chews. People named Claude aren't going to be very happy about it, though. Will try to...
5097
elfscript@yahoogroups...
Jan 2, 2006 6:25 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the elfscript group. File :...
5098
David J. Finnamore
daeron80
Jan 2, 2006 6:35 am
After finishing both orthographic and phonemic versions, I liked the latter a lot better. It's easier to read and just feels and looks better. The...
5099
j_mach_wust
Jan 2, 2006 10:22 am
... Why is that? From what you sais, I thought you preferred orthographic transcriptions... Anyway, I've also created an orthographic transcription, which...
5100
Dave
hisilome
Jan 2, 2006 11:13 am
... From: "j_mach_wust" <j_mach_wust@...> To: <elfscript@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:11 AM Subject: [elfscript] Re: Happy New Year...
