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DaughterofVana · 01-27-2003, 11:03 PM

I was aware of the difference between "Sindarin" script and "Quenya" script, but thanks for clarifying anyway [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I was using the example of the script on the ring to let people know it was in that "language"--IE, Tengwar--and to give them (IE, the inquiring minds) an example on how the vowels look. Thanks for getting more in-depth. Most people would be surprised that the cool curly-looking squiggles is an actual language that Tolkien painstakingly crafted. (Maybe not here, but I know in my area...)

Another good example for seeing Tengwar "in action" is to check out "The Letters of JRR Tolkien." He writes a pretty long message in two of the three forms of Tengwar (two kinds with vowels as symbols and one kind with vowels as letters) as well as in dwarvish runes. A pretty neat book to pick up, though I don't think there's a link that can be posted.

-'Vana

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01-27-2003, 11:03 PM	#11
DaughterofVana Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: twirling contentedly in a flower-filled field Posts: 136	I was aware of the difference between "Sindarin" script and "Quenya" script, but thanks for clarifying anyway [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I was using the example of the script on the ring to let people know it was in that "language"--IE, Tengwar--and to give them (IE, the inquiring minds) an example on how the vowels look. Thanks for getting more in-depth. Most people would be surprised that the cool curly-looking squiggles is an actual language that Tolkien painstakingly crafted. (Maybe not here, but I know in my area...) Another good example for seeing Tengwar "in action" is to check out "The Letters of JRR Tolkien." He writes a pretty long message in two of the three forms of Tengwar (two kinds with vowels as symbols and one kind with vowels as letters) as well as in dwarvish runes. A pretty neat book to pick up, though I don't think there's a link that can be posted. -'Vana [ January 28, 2003: Message edited by: DaughterofVana ] [ January 28, 2003: Message edited by: DaughterofVana ] __________________ "There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes." Hi! Did you miss me?