Re: Tengwar and Cirth (was: RE: Fictional scripts revisited, might as well relax about it now)

From: Michael Everson (everson@egt.ie)
Date: Mon Feb 26 2001 - 12:05:46 EST

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At 10:35 -0600 2001-02-26, Ayers, Mike wrote:
> > From: Michael Everson [mailto:everson@egt.ie]
>
>> Oh, we've got a *proposal* for Klingon. It does not, however, appear
>> that it meets the criteria for use as well as Tengwar and Cirth.
>
> Okay, I've finally gotta ask: what are Tengwar and Cirth? Klingon
>I've heard of (and wish I hadn't)...

Scripts invented by Fëanor on the one hand and relatives of the
Noldor on the other, during the First Age of Middle Earth.

Very useful for writing to Elves.

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