Re: Hi there & Blitherings

> Steg Stated;
> So, what do the 'twig runes and oaghm' say? :-)
>
> The top part seems to have the necessary repetition pattern to say
> "Barbara"... does the bottom say "Barrett"?
Barbara babbles;
Yep, that's right. Just a straight transposition into the two "codes".
The Runic Futharc was divided into 3 sets of 8 letters. On the "trees"
the branches to the left indicated 1st, 2nd, or third group, and the
branches on the right the number of the letter. In Oaghm (known by many
spellings to scholars and dyslexics alike) it's a straight forward
substitution code for the alphabet used in early christian times in
Ireland - bit like morse really except you left it around on rocks
hoping the right reader would pass by ;-) (it this the origin of tying
notes to bricks chucked though windows? <g>)

Barbara