Re: CHAT: Return of the Sal (was CHAT: Re: Zed)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 23, 2000, 19:35 |
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 13:37:17 +0100 BP Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
> At 22:01 21.3.2000 +1200, andrew wrote:
> > > Their script
> >is literally the Scratchings, which must be quite complicated. I
> think
> >it is also written with brush strokes as well.
> The Quenya name of the Rúmilian script, which in real and
> Middle-Earth
> history preceded the tengwar is _sarati_, which also means
> "scratchings",
> but all known examples (by JRRT) were done with pen or brush.
>
> /BP
.
Interesting....i've heard that there are some Hebraic influences in
Tolkien's conlangs, but the root SsRTt in Hebrew means "scratch".
-Stephen (Steg)
"Eze'nyih-Telos TherótzSeflát...i Eze'nyih-Telos Therotz Sudviht..."