At 01:25 -0400 2001-07-07, DougEwell2@cs.com wrote:
> > Furthermore, the Tengwar and the Cirth have been used and are being used
>> to write English as well as JRRT's invented languages, and in such a way
>> that (unlike Pigpen, e.g.) they cannot be taken as mere ciphers.
>
>Very true. How did these usages develop? Are they mentioned in Tolkien's
>manuscripts, or did they develop later?
The text on the title page of the Lord of the Rings is written (by
Tolkien) in English in both Tengwar and Cirth.
-- Michael Everson
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