X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,30607012ce2d9910 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-27 15:24:39 PST From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The Tengwar Date: 28 Dec 2001 00:24:10 +0100 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 36 Message-ID: <6uy9job61x.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> References: <6uvgf0nsnl.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> <6uk7vf9gsp.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> <6uk7veyllx.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> <8u3k2uod68j51chfq95336nfccrv5j3qt6@4ax.com> X-Complaints-To: news@chonsp.franklin.ch NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Dec 2001 23:24:10 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 NNTP-Posting-Host: galapagos.ethz.ch X-Trace: 28 Dec 2001 00:24:32 +0100, galapagos.ethz.ch Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-ge.switch.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!chonsp.franklin.ch!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:12926 drsquare writes: > On 23 Dec 2001 16:58:18 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > (Neil Franklin ) 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, neil@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ Hacker, Unix Guru, El Eng HTL/BSc, Sysadmin, Archer, Roleplayer - Intellectual Property is Intellectual Robbery