Re: The Tengwar
From Neil Franklin <nei...@franklin.ch.remove>
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· 27 Dec 2001 23:24 · View full thread
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drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> writes: > On 23 Dec 2001 16:58:18 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > (Neil Franklin <nei...@franklin.ch.remove>) wrote: > > >Tolkien has cases of name inscriptions that are consonant-only, such > >as the Elendil (L ND L) inscription on his (Elendils) purported (empty) > >tomb in Unfinished Tales: > > > > ----- `,---.---. ----- > > .' | | | .' > > `._.' | -' -' `._.' > > | > > | > > ldl. Ladel? > > >And yes, in Sindarin that is pronounced as L D L (Eledil), but UT > >page 393 explicitely states (spoken by Eorl) "lambe, ando, lambe" > >as the writing, which requires Quenya pronounciation to be ND. This > >is surprising, as the name Elendil is Sindarin, like all Gondorian > >speach. > > > >Ef course Elendil is a famous name, which Tauran is not. So I am a > >lazy elf when it comes to writing. :-) > > But what language is your name supposed to be in? Mine follows the Westron > mode, so the rules are different. Sindarin. And for that there are 2 rule sets. Argh! -- Neil Franklin, nei...@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ Hacker, Unix Guru, El Eng HTL/BSc, Sysadmin, Archer, Roleplayer - Intellectual Property is Intellectual Robbery
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