Mae govannen, mellyn! I'm so glad to have found this group. I am very inter= ested in the Tolkienian writing systems and have been since high school. (IN= ...
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erilaz@...
Dec 28, 2000 7:48 am
... It would depend on the mode. In a mode in which téma IV represents a labiovelar series, vilya would be the best bet. Unque is also an option, since...
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DDanielA@...
Dec 28, 2000 8:51 am
Thanks for your input, erilaz! Since the only significant sample of a tehtar mode of Sindarin written by Tolkien is the King's Letter Version III, that is the...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Dec 28, 2000 9:56 am
... Hello Daniel! Personally I think that both the full modes and the "tehta modes" have their benefits, but like you I usually prefer writing with the tehta...
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DDanielA@...
Dec 30, 2000 11:41 pm
MÃ¥ns, it does indeed seem logical that the Edain in Minas Tirith may have written in Sindarin with a mode based on Westron. And the fact that it was written...
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Angasule
angasule@...
Dec 31, 2000 3:00 am
... Those words are written with sule, yes, at least that's the normal usage AFAIK, I guess the reason silme is used in namarie it's because of (1) or because...
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DDanielA@...
Dec 31, 2000 10:37 am
I would assume that it's used in the Sindarin words "hwest" (breeze), "hwan= n" (sponge) and "hwinio" (twirl). –Danny....
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Dec 31, 2000 12:00 pm
... I would assume the same. Yours, Måns -- Måns Björkman "Mun þu mik! Störtloppsvägen 8, III...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Dec 31, 2000 12:00 pm
... This seems IMO to be just a natural adaption of the Tengwar to the phonology of Sindarin. ... ...which, apparently in the mode of Beleriand and actually in...
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DDanielA@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:33 pm
Once upon a time, I had a copy of "The Road Goes Ever On," and I was happy. Then an orc-minded individual decided he coveted it, and now I no longer possessed...
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Michael Everson
everson@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:59 pm
You can get copies of out of print books easily at http://abebooks.com/...
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DDanielA@...
Jan 10, 2001 12:34 am
Suilaid, mellyn nîn! I have coined a word in Sindarin, and I would appreciate the opinion of those of you more versed in the 'noble tongue' than I. My...
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Angasule
angasule@...
Jan 10, 2001 1:49 am
... I'm not sure if lenition should be applied in that case (I'm not sure as in "I've no idea"!), maybe you should ask in Elfling which I think would be a...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Jan 23, 2001 9:09 pm
Did anyone think about a possible way of aplying the Sarati for Quenya? As far as I am aware we only know the usage of the letters for English. Ales Bican -- ...
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Lisa Star
amlug4@...
Jan 24, 2001 12:21 am
... **I did and it doesn't work very well. You have to use two different letters to spell Q which is a very common sound in the early Qenya of Tol Eressea ...
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DDanielA@...
Jan 25, 2001 5:38 pm
I was reading old posts and saw a brief exchange about the need for the circumflex in the Unicode proposal. Though Professor Tolkien states that the circumflex...
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erilaz@...
Jan 26, 2001 7:32 am
... Certainly. Since yanta represents /e/ in this mode, a small superscript yanta is a perfectly reasonable representation for the "e" of /ae/ and /oe/. I'm...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Jan 26, 2001 7:55 pm
... Besides, in the King's Letter version II (published in Vinyar Tengwar #29), this e-tehta is written so that there can be no doubt that it is in fact a...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Jan 26, 2001 7:55 pm
... Apart from Lisa Star's adaption, Ryszard Derdzinski uses the Sarati in a Quendya translation of the Valaquenta. It can be seen at ...
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Dan Smith
dansmith@...
Feb 1, 2001 12:47 am
Hi All, This message was recently passed to me, but I wasn't ... I know that there are references to the Orcs having objects marked with some sort of runes,...
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erilaz@...
Feb 3, 2001 4:43 am
... Appendix E(II) isn't terribly informative in this regard, where it is stated that "The Cirth in their older and simpler form spread eastward in the Second...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Feb 3, 2001 1:01 pm
... the helmets of the isengard orcs. ... If you could tell me which number on the table corresponds with the correct rune It would be very helpful. ... ...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Feb 3, 2001 11:17 pm
... **Mans Bjorkman draw my attention to Ryscard Derhanski's Sarati text. (Thanks Mans!) He solved this problem having used the sarat /k/ and /u/, which might...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Feb 4, 2001 11:44 am
... 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...
