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Re: LOTR credit line

From:Carsten Becker <post@...>
Date:Sunday, December 28, 2003, 16:05
So I'd say it's a nice redundancy. Tengwar diacritics are not necessary, but
it adds flavor, as Garth said.

Carsten

----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth Wallace" <gwalla@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: LOTR credit line


> Benct Philip Jonsson wrote: > > At 17:27 27.12.2003, Carsten Becker wrote: > > > >> he makes a curl over the o's, three dots over a's > >> etc. (a feature of Tengwar, the Elvish writing), but using Latin uncial > >> letters. > > > > > > I noticed that on the map(s) in the movies. > > How absolutely idiotic! > > How's it idiotic? It adds flavor, and they needed to make it readable > for the audience. > > -- > Nightstar IRC: More fun than a box of ferrets! > <http://www.nightstar.net/> > > With your IRC client: <irc://irc.nightstar.net/> > With Java IRC client: <http://www.nightstar.net/chat.php>