tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466888114650191762.post2398685941188630223..comments2023-06-01T10:04:55.340-04:00Comments on Tolkien Language Discussion: Writing with Dwarf RunesLihanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10817121929095126801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466888114650191762.post-33496110403573029072013-01-05T19:07:17.987-05:002013-01-05T19:07:17.987-05:00Since Elrond and Gandalf told the Dwarves what run...Since Elrond and Gandalf told the Dwarves what runes say, you have a Rosetta Stone. ;)<br /><br />My edition of The Hobbit has a note at the beginning (after "Note on the Text" and before "Chapter 1") which includes "Their {Dwarves'} runes are in this book represented by English runes, which are known now to few people. If the runes on Thror's Map are compared with the transcriptions into modern letters (on pp. 20 and 50), the alphabet, adapted to modern English, can be discovered."<br /><br />And thanks, I fixed "Eregion."<br /><br />Lihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817121929095126801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466888114650191762.post-9957018058059402572013-01-04T19:57:43.735-05:002013-01-04T19:57:43.735-05:00Fascinating! I'd never realized the map wasn&#...Fascinating! I'd never realized the map wasn't in the same runes. I wonder if I once tried to translate it and was frustrated?<br /><br />(Small copyediting nitpick: I think "Noldor of Ergion" is missing an E in your first paragraph about the history of the runes.)<br /><br />--RajaniUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170725148888991807noreply@blogger.com