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**e_kloczko** @e_kloczko@typo.social · Apr 16 *

Tolkien's 'tree of tongues', created during his third stage of conception (that's my term for it) for the text called the 'Lammas', published in "The Lost Road" (HOME V).
This is 'the later form' on p. 170 of "The Lost Road".

#tolkien #elvish

**e_kloczko** @e_kloczko@typo.social · Apr 7

Apr 7

e_kloczko @e_kloczko@typo.social

Tolkien wrote the Latin language using Tengwar. Tolkien used in fact the Tengwar to write several natural languages beside English.
Below Tolkien's manuscript with my transliteration.
I call this mode the "Latin full mode".
#Tengwar #Latin #Elvishtypography #Elvish

**Seher Taak** @taak@troet.cafe · Feb 19

Feb 19

Seher Taak @taak@troet.cafe

I give up. I tried to work with the #shell #elvish which on a first glance made a very promising impression. However, I want to setup a custom prompt including git state (and do it on my own to learn how to do this). I am struggling for 3 days now on this and did not get a satisfying result.

This is the nail: here I want to assign the output of a command to a variable, a pretty simple task. If fails if the output is empty. I couldn't find a solution for this. Very annoying.

Screenshot of an error message by the elvish shell.

#cli #fail #linux

**Chamber of Leather Craft** @chamberofleathercraft@mastodon.social · Feb 11

Feb 11

Chamber of Leather Craft @chamberofleathercraft@mastodon.social

There is a video of me :) (If you looked - Hi!) crafting a #sheath for a #chefs #knife .

So most of my #crafts are of course much simpler looking than my introduction lets to believe.
But that really only seems so as there are many things that are not obvious when looking upon an item.

In addition to interesting #caveats one might endure while #crafting , you may also get an earful of #estonian #language .
It is said that this is as good as listening to #Elvish . There are English subs!

**Vitani4000** @vitani4000@nerdculture.de · Jan 6

Jan 6

Vitani4000 @vitani4000@nerdculture.de

Happy new year!!! Bodypaint number 247 and the first one of 2025:) This was inspired by a recent look by @madeyewlook
I'm the baddest warrior elf you'll ever meet. Look at that fur though!! I'm so happy with how that turned out.

Brands used:
- @graftobianmakeup
- @mehronmakeup
- @nyxcosmeticsnordics
- @makeuprevolution

#bodypaint #bodypainting #elf #elvish #warrior #fantasy #cosplay #art #artist #artistic #cosplaying #makeup

**Vitani4000** @vitani4000@nerdculture.de · Dec 29, 2024

Dec 29, 2024

Vitani4000 @vitani4000@nerdculture.de

Thanks for all of the birthday wishes!:)
This is bodypaint
I am now level 35 and this lovely creature is what I decided to turn myself into on my birthday on the 27th:) This one was a challenge because... I'm travelling and... I forgot all of my eyeshadow. So shading, colouring and the design had to be changed a lot. But I found a way either way!
Happy birthday to me:)

Brands used:
- @graftobianmakeup
- @wolfefaceartfx
- @mehronmakeup
- @nyxcosmeticsnordics

#bodypaint #bodypainting #makeup #art #artist #artistic #creature #creative #elf #elvish #magic #magical #fangs #birthday #cosplay #cosplaying #originalcharacter

**Feoh** @feoh@oldbytes.space · Nov 21, 2024

Nov 21, 2024

Feoh @feoh@oldbytes.space

What's your favorite Constructed Language?
#language #conlang #tokipona #klingon #trek #tolkien #elvish

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**ShadowPlay** @ShadowPlay@nerdculture.de · Nov 3, 2024

Nov 3, 2024

ShadowPlay @ShadowPlay@nerdculture.de

@EricLawton "Elves appear frequently in Northern European and Germanic mythology where they are generally described as beautiful and subtle eternal beings who are in possession of great powers. The Icelandic elves, however, are their own species.

"Commonly referred to as Huldufólk (hidden people), the elves of Iceland live in enchanted rocks and cliffs where they lead lives that are very similar to those lead by humans; they keep livestock, cut hay, row fishing boats, pick berries and go to church on Sundays.

"Despite these resemblances—or perhaps precisely because of them—the hidden people prefer to be left alone and usually remain invisible, only allowing themselves to be seen in particular situations and at specific times like New Year’s Eve and Midsummer’s Night. "
https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/folklore-in-iceland

Guide to IcelandA Complete Guide to Folklore in Iceland | Guide to IcelandTake a look at the interesting world of Icelandic folklore. Discover Icelandic folktales and creatures from elves to trolls. Find out more today.

#Elves #Elvish #Elfdalian

**Feoh** @feoh@oldbytes.space · Oct 11, 2024

Oct 11, 2024

Feoh @feoh@oldbytes.space

I really enjoy #powershell in many ways. Its #objectpipelies are powerful and expressive, it seamlessly interfaces with a plethora of platform APIs, and its syntax is discoverable with incredibly rich tab completion and help on the command line or web.

I would love to find some way to bring these concepts to *nix for folks who might not be able or willing to switch to specialized shells like #nushell or #elvish. Both projects are amazing but I honestly can't afford the time to rewrite the rich functionality I get from zsh /oh my zsh/plugins.

Maybe when I retire :) Come to think of it, building similar functionality in nushell/elvish to what I have now would be a delightful rabbit hole to dive down. I think I shall put it in my "Shower Ideas" @obsidian note for future inspiration :)

(For example, the #tmux plugin in oh my zsh has a setting to ensure that only one instance of tmux runs no matter how many shells I open.)

**J. Alan Henning** @jalanhenning@dice.camp · Jun 23, 2024 *

Jun 23, 2024 *

J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning@dice.camp

I kept misreading this as Cen Ered and trying to puzzle out what it might mean in Quenya or Noldorin. “Mountain of Sight”, maybe? #conlangs #Quenya #Elvish

Sign saying “Cen+ered Fitness” (Centered Fitness with a stylized T).

**Astrobach** @rorystarr@mstdn.social · Jun 12, 2024 *

Jun 12, 2024 *

Astrobach @rorystarr@mstdn.social

Folklore read live!

There is a lone moor in Scotland, which--in times past--was said to be haunted by an Elfin Knight.

Hear the horror LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/WaWtIa1s6KQ

A storybook-style drawing of a knight holding up a glowing emerald goblet with revulsion. A half-decayed old king sneers at him from across a table that another knight has collapsed under. Overlaid Text: Don't Drink the Elfin Ale

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller

**Astrobach** @rorystarr@mstdn.social · Jun 4, 2024 *

Jun 4, 2024 *

Astrobach @rorystarr@mstdn.social

Folklore read live!

Why is the whale man of Iceland a whale, man?

Find out the tale LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/20k0aM96LwA

A storybook-style drawing of a breaching whale's tail flipping a rowboat filled with sailors attempting to harpoon the animal. Overlaid Text: The Whale Man of Iceland

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller

**Astrobach** @rorystarr@mstdn.social · May 28, 2024 *

May 28, 2024 *

Astrobach @rorystarr@mstdn.social

Folklore read live!

Beautiful & helpful elves...
(...that might also brutally kill you or steal your baby.)

Tales of Icelandic Elves LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/yxPJpem7upA

A storybook style drawing of a beautiful woman in a toga emerging from the sea against a sunrise. Overlaid text: The Elves of Icelandic Folklore

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller

**AHiggins** @AHiggins@mastodonapp.uk · May 18, 2024

May 18, 2024

AHiggins @AHiggins@mastodonapp.uk

Just posted to the open access Journal of #Tolkien Research the conference paper I just gave at the Medieval Conference in #Kalamazoo exploring #Tolkien’s Elvish Language invention when he was at #Leeds in the 1920’s https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol18/iss2/10/ #elvish #language #languageinvention

**AHiggins** @AHiggins@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 17, 2024

Apr 17, 2024

AHiggins @AHiggins@mastodonapp.uk

I have now posted the conference paper I gave at the @TolkienSociety Annual Meeting on Language and Letter Writing to The Journal of Tolkien Research https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1373&context=journaloftolkienresearch #tolkien #elvish #languageinvention

Tolkien Society Annual Lecture Cambridge

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**Detlev Zundel** @dzu@hostsharing.coop · Apr 13, 2024 *

Apr 13, 2024 *

Detlev Zundel @dzu@hostsharing.coop

@sanityinc I switched to #elvish for a few scripts and really like it:

https://elv.sh/

It's first class JSON support with the map datatype and the fact that it handles file names with spaces and weird characters just fine is so comforting. Also, its error handling is very nice. It allows me to write nearly "functional" pipelines in shell.

1/2

elv.shElvish Shell

**J❀y** @lurkjay@mastodon.social · Feb 6, 2024

Feb 6, 2024

J❀y @lurkjay@mastodon.social

In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent (2009)

Text instead of screenshots: https://cohost.org/lurkjay/post/4393195-in-the-land-of-inven

The nineteenth century saw a complete change in both the purposes and the methods of language invention. The change in method can be clearly seen in the following examples, the first from the first half of the century and the second from the second half:

1. Dore mifala dosifare re dosiresi.
2. Men senior, I sende evos un grammatik e un verbbibel de un nuov glot nomed universal glot.

The second example, from Jean Pirro’s Universalglot, published in 1868, can be understood by anyone with a passing familiarity with the general shape of European languages. It can be guessed at pretty successfully even if you only know English or French. But how to guess the meaning of the first example, from Solresol, developed by Jean François Sudre in the 1830s? Knowing what we know about the categorization principles employed by the language inventors of the seventeenth century, you might guess that the words beginning with do- all fall into the same meaning category. You would be partially correct. In Sudre’s system all four-syllable words beginning with dosi- refer to a type of food or drink. The sentence above means, “I would like a beer and a pastry.” The sentence “Dore mifala dosiredo, dosifasi, dosifasol, dosirela, dosiremi, dosidosi, dosirefa, re dosifasol” means “I would like milk, sugar, coffee, fruit, butter, eggs, cheese, and chocolate.” Universalglot has a slightly ridiculous ring to it, but Solresol just sounds crazy.

It had something, however, that for a time made Sudre the toast of Paris—or at least of Brussels. It had a performable gimmick. The syllables of his language were taken from the seven notes of the musical scale—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si. His language could be sung, whistled, or played on a violin. When he invited the press to a demonstration of his Langue Musicale Universelle in 1833, they arrived to find not a lecture but a show—he played phrases on his violin while his students translated them into French. If the audience members weren’t impressed, they were at least entertained. A year later, Sudre took his show on the road.

As his performances grew more elaborate, his fame grew. He would take phrases from the audience to translate into Solresol; he would perform translations not just with French but with multiple languages; he might even do a little singing. Since his language was fundamentally a method of translating phrases using seven units, there was no reason why he had to be limited to the seven units of the musical scale. He could translate using seven hand signals, seven knocks, the seven colors of the rainbow. In an especially impressive demonstration, he would blindfold himself and request that an audience member give one of his students a phrase to translate. The student would then silently approach Sudre, take his hand, and transmit the message by touch alone, using seven distinct locations on Sudre’s fingers.

Sudre’s performances earned him popular attention and praise. He filled large concert halls. He met the king and queen of England. Everyone knew his name.

However, hardly anyone knew his language. People liked the idea, but not enough to learn the system or, crucially, to fund his work. Solresol was generally regarded, to Sudre’s great frustration, as an ingenious parlor trick.

As Sudre toured and struggled to make his mark, the world was changing in such a way that made the need for a universal language seem more pressing than ever. While the elites of previous eras had always had the opportunity to engage in international contact, industrialization was now bringing this opportunity to regular folks. The steamship, the locomotive, and the telegraph narrowed distances and expanded the range of communication situations a person might find himself in. Language barriers became that much more noticeable.

And schemes to overcome those barriers started to proliferate. But these schemes looked nothing like the old ones. Babibu and 123 and doremi gave way to un nuov kind of glot. The new crop of language inventors built upon the recognizable roots of European languages. They took a little Latin, a little Greek, spiced it up with some French and German and a splash of English. The resulting systems were much easier to learn than anything that had come before. You didn’t have to know the whole order of the universe to be able to guess that nuov meant “new.”

So why hadn’t anyone thought to do it that way before?

The idea to create a language out of existing languages wasn’t completely new. An Arabic-Persian-Turkish mix called Balaibalan was designed sometime between 1400 and 1700 (the documents can’t be reliably dated), probably for religious purposes. Projects aiming to create a Pan-Slavic language (using common Slavic word roots) for the promotion of Slavic ethnic unity had occurred as early as 1666. A simplified version of Latin by someone called “Carpophorophilus” had been published in 1732, and in 1765 Joachim Faiguet, the treasurer of France, published a sketch for a simplified French in Diderot’s Encyclopédie.

But the intellectual climate—the preoccupation with mathematical notation, the quest to discover the true nature of the universe—led most early language inventors away from existing languages. They were after a self-contained, perfectly ordered system, not a stitched-together hybrid. Natural languages had too many problems, so they had to start from scratch.

The next era of language inventors focused on a more practical problem: people who spoke different languages couldn’t understand each other. Quotidian concerns pushed philosophical questions about meaning and concepts into the background. These new inventors also worked in a different intellectual climate, one where the similarities between natural languages had come to the foreground.

#reading #nonfiction #books

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**Copycast** @copycast@mastodon.online · Jan 10, 2024

Jan 10, 2024

Copycast @copycast@mastodon.online

Copyrights to Elvish and Traditional knowledge of Bionicle / Copycast by CLAIMS / S1E6: Tolkien 2

In this episode, intellectual property lawyers Victor and Anton talk about legal protection of Quenya, Java, Māori and other languages.

Watch the new episode of Copycast on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/tuePp3fxP5s

#copyright #tolkien #lotr
#lawyers #law #legal #iplaw #intellectualproperty #middleearth #podcast #copycast #elvish #quenya #maori #bionicle #language

YouTubeCopyrights to Elvish and Traditional knowledge of Bionicle / Copycast by CLAIMS / S1E6: Tolkien 2By Copyrighted Dreams

**Copycast** @copycast@mastodon.online · Jan 10, 2024

Jan 10, 2024

Copycast @copycast@mastodon.online

#Copycast S1E6: Tolkien Part 2

Did Tolkien have copyrights to the languages created by him? Why Māori are more powerful than the Professor? And how the Oracle vs. Google and Māori vs. LEGO Bionicle cases help us to understand the protection of Quenya?

Tune in!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rRane0Y63PTi5azwYBEK0
And many other platforms: https://podnews.net/podcast/iaj65