Re: Tengwar Mode: German

On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 10:10:52 +0000 (GMT) Mark A Miles
<nine9@...> writes:
> On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, draqonfayir@juno.com wrote:
> > I don't know German, but the system looks good!  Although i feel
> bad for
> > |w| /v/, stuck in a row all by itself. :-P  Why did you use the
> 'doubled
> > S' letter for |z|, instead of a 'T + s-curl' combination like
> > |x|?
> Because a German Z is like 'ts'--e.g. Zeitgeist is pronounced
> tsayt'gayst.
> -Mark
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Exactly!  That's what i meant.
If "x" (ks) can be encoded as |K + S-curl|,
then "z" (ts) could be encoded as |T + S-curl|.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "there is darkness all around us;
  but if darkness *is*, and the darkness is of the forest,
  then the darkness must be good."
     ~ song of the BaMbuti in troubled times