Oh geeks and nerds that I know?

[reynardo]

What does the strange script on this say? It's from the Air New Zealand "Middle Earth" safety video.



Video available here.

(Yes, silmaril, I'm looking at you.)

Comments

[michiexile]

…so you don't believe in the «Lend na Hnnor» transliteration?

[sly-girl.livejournal.com]

Might be right. Also entirely useless, since I don't speak whatever language it's in. I suspect Rey doesn't either, otherwise why ask? You've answered the question in a way that conveys no useful information whatsoever.

[michiexile]

The original question was What does the strange script on this say? — and I thought I answered at least that. If Rey wanted a different answer, she could've posed a different question. ;-)

Now, using Hiswelókë's Sindarin-English dictionary, it turns out that:
Lend - journey (i.e. from Lembas < Lenn-mbas)
na - with, by, ; to, towards.

aaand Hnnor doesn't exist in Sindarin; but if that letter is not a hyarmen, but a yanta, it would spell
Ennor - Middle Earth.

So: Journey to Middle Earth.

Now that I've answered BOTH Rey's question and yours, have I said anything of value?

[michiexile]

Worth knowing about me, btw. I'm a mathematician by profession. See the classic joke about the hot air balloon and the mathematician for relevance…