From: "Didoo the Purple" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Angerthas and elven writing Lines: 19 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:12:53 -0300 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.210.35.202 X-Complaints-To: support@total.net X-Trace: news.total.net 931705974 216.210.35.202 (Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:12:54 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:12:54 EDT Organization: TotalNet Inc. Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.abs.net!remarQ-easT!remarQ60!supernews.com!remarQ.com!news.total.net!not-for-mail Some questions about Angerthas and writing in ME: - When and how did the elves began to write? Is there a primitive form of Angerthas ? - Was the invention of writing inspired by the Valas ? This leads to a more global question: did the elves create their civilization by themselves or not (as writing is a foundation of their civ)? - If Angerthas were "invented" by elves, when (and why) did they transmit this knowledge to the dwarves ? Before the Nauglamir argument ? - What are the differences between classic Angerthas and Angerthas Moria used by dwarves ? If there's a website about that... ;) - What's the link between Angerthas and Tengwar ? There must be one, as in ancient egyptian writings (hieroglyphic and hieratic writing). - Do you know a good elven grammar book + dictionary, in english or french? I favor sindarin, it looks more affordable for a beginner like me. Thanks for replying. Now I'll be fluent in sindarin, yepee!