reynardo: (Geek)
reynardo ([personal profile] reynardo) wrote2012-11-01 08:28 pm

Oh geeks and nerds that I know?

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

elvish

Video available here.

(Yes, [livejournal.com profile] silmaril, I'm looking at you.)
michiexile: (Default)

[personal profile] michiexile 2012-11-01 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
First attempt: this might be Tengwar For English.
However, the little c-shaped glyph is not part of that spec.

Second attempt: this might be Sindarin or Quenya mode Tengwar.
This only works if we read the c-shaped glyph as a backwards numeral 0.

However, Beleriand-mode Tengwar actually features that c-glyph. With this assumption, and also expecting the double-strokes to correspond to capital letters and the tilde to introduce, Tengwar For English-style, a pre-consonant nasal, I make it:

Lend na Hnnor
moxie_man: (Squirrel Feather)

[personal profile] moxie_man 2012-11-01 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a link to Sauron's Facebook page. Best to ignore it unless you want to attract his attention.

[identity profile] sly-girl.livejournal.com 2012-11-02 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Godsdammit, will someone who knows the answer comment? I wanna know too!

[identity profile] silmaril.livejournal.com 2012-11-03 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, [livejournal.com profile] michiexile was here first and I do believe he got it.

Also, Air New Zealand employs enormous geeks, but that we already knew from the livery thing ten years ago :).