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]

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

[michiexile]

The same text is underneath the door in the first few seconds.

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

And on a newspaper later on. I think they're saying it says "Welcome to Middle Earth". What *is* the Tengwar for "Middle Earth"?

[michiexile]