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DaughterofVana · 01-23-2003, 03:01 PM

It's not the number "9", it's the number "nine."

"M"-- tengwar "n"
dot above --- "i"
dot below -- a following "e"

Ta-da! "Nine"! There's also another version of tengwar used where the vowels are actual letters--that's with the sword inscriptions and stuff in the movie--but this is the version that's on the ring. Remember seeing the three dots overtop some of the letters? That's "a". The "dash" is "e", and the curls that curl up and down are "u" and "o", respectively.

Cool, huh? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

-'Vana

P.S.

I always thought that tengwar looked arabic, but that's just me...

01-23-2003, 03:01 PM	#8
DaughterofVana Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: twirling contentedly in a flower-filled field Posts: 134	It's not the number "9", it's the number "nine." "M"-- tengwar "n" dot above --- "i" dot below -- a following "e" Ta-da! "Nine"! There's also another version of tengwar used where the vowels are actual letters--that's with the sword inscriptions and stuff in the movie--but this is the version that's on the ring. Remember seeing the three dots overtop some of the letters? That's "a". The "dash" is "e", and the curls that curl up and down are "u" and "o", respectively. Cool, huh? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] -'Vana P.S. I always thought that tengwar looked arabic, but that's just me... __________________ "There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes." Hi! Did you miss me?