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  • Founded: Sep 5, 1998
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Hi Travis, And so, "the Trumpet call us to the breech" again, eh? All right, I'm game. :) ... Your perspective, fair enough. But we must all remember that none...
1 Nov 16, 2007
3:17 pm

Jason Fisher
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Just a few thoughts ... ... Yes, I've heard a few different versions from a few different sources. And thanks for sharing your side. But one point of...
4 Nov 15, 2007
1:37 pm

traversetravis
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This is a short poem which I hope you will enjoy. All comments are welcome here or over at Aglardh where it has also been posted. Calafiriequenta Sanome...
1 Nov 13, 2007
3:26 pm

TF
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Hi! Ambar Eldaron has tried to create a "runic mode" and a specific font for the Tengscribe in order to transcibe your texts easily into Runes. You can find...
1 Nov 10, 2007
5:14 am

Evenstar
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Hi! Some of the visitors of my website using MacIntosh have problems for transcribing Tengwar and Runes, because they cannot use the Tengscribe. YATT should...
1 Nov 10, 2007
5:12 am

Evenstar
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I wanted to contact you all regarding my film project Born of Hope, which is a very high quality Lord of the Rings fan film being produced in the UK. Although...
1 Nov 9, 2007
3:08 pm

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... Personally, I was very well welcomed (by their Solicitor Cathleen Blackburn) when I requested the authorization of the Tolkien Estate to translate in...
2 Nov 8, 2007
2:18 pm

Kenneth Chaij
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... I am sure Tolkien would've come up with something inherently more elegant though... Concerning Sindarin or Noldorin, you have also _bragol_ in the...
1 Nov 8, 2007
2:18 pm

Giraudeau David
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Hi everybody! How can we render "suddenly"; into Quenya? Thanks in advance for your help. Evenstar http://www.ambar-eldaron.com Le Monde des Elfes...
4 Nov 8, 2007
9:58 am

TF
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... Well. I guess you are talking about the Ataremma affair. For the uninitiated: Some years ago, before it had been "officially&quot; published, one version of...
1 Nov 6, 2007
5:03 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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... Nicely put. "Developing&quot; languages from outside the Elvish family is however difficult, if one wants to maintain the contact with Tolkien's original work. ...
12 Nov 5, 2007
1:03 pm

Travis Henry
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Hello, I was directed to this community as some here might be able to assist me with something that I am working on. I am trying to translate the name Michael...
2 Nov 4, 2007
1:43 am

Arthur Boccaccio
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What is actually known of diminutives in Eldarin? _atya_, _ataryo_ and _atto_ from _atar_ and the suffix _*-inki*_ seem to be all there is. /BP 8^)> -- Benct...
3 Oct 31, 2007
8:38 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
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I have a question which arose through a member of a Myspace Elvish group attempting a transcription and translation of the tengwar on the cover of PE10;...
1 Oct 31, 2007
3:04 am

Matthew Dinse
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Hi, I've been seeking advice through the elfscript group on the translation of a phrase (there is no wealth but love) and have been advised that "Ume alma er...
2 Oct 31, 2007
12:35 am

S P
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If the language of the southern Stoors and Bree-men had similar phonetic processes as Welsh, then "father, dad" may've actually been <tab> instead of <dab>,...
2 Oct 25, 2007
2:22 pm

Travis Henry
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See the <http://conlangs.berkeley.edu> home page for the most up-to-date details, or the copy below. Please (re)distribute this email widely, and especially,...
1 Oct 24, 2007
12:47 pm

Sai Emrys
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There are several examples of the Translated Northern language -- that is, Old Norse -- such as the westronized/anglicized <Dalr> "Dale", <Bardr>, <Brandr>,...
2 Oct 23, 2007
11:46 am

Travis Henry
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... Well, if these crops were brought to Ennor before the rounding of Arda and the raising of the New Lands near the end of the Second Age, then the crops...
1 Oct 22, 2007
10:42 pm

Travis Henry
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... Well, thank you for your feedback, then. I must urge people to carefully read what I actually write, and not rely on an (often superficial) impression of...
2 Oct 22, 2007
4:51 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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I'm glad that there is either resolution, or at least a conclusion, to several of the disagreements. Though I'm meandering into other topics, here are some...
1 Oct 21, 2007
3:26 pm

Travis Henry
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Travis, Lest the following seem like just an endless and mean-spirited harangue, let me assure you that this is not my intention, and I'm very happy to make...
1 Oct 19, 2007
3:33 pm

Jason Fisher
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I know that Quenya for axe is <pelecco>. Did Tolkien give the Sindarin word? If not, has anyone seen a Neo-Sindarin version? My best is *<pelech>, modeled on Q...
29 Oct 19, 2007
11:04 am

Travis Henry
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Ardalambion gives a solid overview of Actual Westron: http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/westron.htm There are a few things I would add: At the bottom of the...
2 Oct 18, 2007
3:10 pm

traversetravis
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Dear friends, I’d like building an ex-libris for my personal library. I’d like to write this : Questo libro è della Biblioteca di Manvalan (this is a book...
2 Oct 13, 2007
2:22 pm

Lakis Lalakis
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_Muina súre_ I métima súre túla, Vanwa anaro anna, Mar olorion cuine. Narquelie sandaron. Ando wistanna. Man lantuva? Lisse maurenyava Tulta nye savien ...
1 Oct 9, 2007
8:52 pm

Petri Tikka
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Hail, all! The Yahoo Group is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dwarfling/messages I'm looking for someone to take over moderating and promoting it for me. It's...
4 Oct 6, 2007
3:07 am

finsen@...
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... This seems to be true some of the time, yes. An interesting verb is _orta-_, which we knew could be transitive "raise", since Varda _ortane_ or "uplifted";...
1 Oct 3, 2007
1:01 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
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I'm looking for suitable Quenya translations for 'theory&#39; and 'metalanguage&#39;. My first thought for 'theory&#39; was to use _kenie*_ or _kendie*_ based on ken-...
28 Oct 2, 2007
6:44 pm

Thorsten Renk
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Hello all interested in the Khuzdul language, I'm going to make a website and Yahoo Tech Group as forums for research into and development of Tolkein's...
1 Oct 2, 2007
6:43 pm

Lawrence J. Rogers
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