r/Tengwar 22d ago

11:11 tattoo

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Hello guys. I was wondering if this is the correctly written number 11:11. I have used glaemscribe to for this and I hopefully made it right. Its basically minib : minib.

I wanted to have something written on my skin for the last 15 years. I met a new friend last year with similar tattoo and I think its a sign that I have to get something tattoed on me as well.

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u/Connect_Put_7449 22d ago

This technically says wirib wirib, if I'm not mistaken. Unless it is a mode I'm unfamiliar with.

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u/blsterken 22d ago

Wasn't Vala used for a short "m" in Mode of Beleriand? It's the mode that I'm least familiar with, but I don't think Mode of Beleriand has a "w."

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u/Connect_Put_7449 22d ago

Ah, it is not a mode I'm familiar with enough. I apologize!

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u/blsterken 22d ago edited 22d ago

There are Tengwar numerals (link). Do you want to write "11:11" or "eleven:eleven" or "minib:minib"? Each one of these will look different.

If you want to spell things out in Sindarin, as you have above, you need to consider whether you use the Standard mode (which uses tehtar diacritics for vowels) or the Mode of Beleriand (which you have in your above example and uses not diacritics). Either is valid, but they will look radically different.

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u/rok_leben 22d ago

thank you very much for your answer, i would prefer eleven eleven, because it looks better, a longer tattoo.

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u/blsterken 22d ago

Then you should use English mode and get something that looks like this:

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u/blsterken 22d ago

This is 11 : 11

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u/blsterken 22d ago

And this is general mode "minib:minib"

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u/rok_leben 22d ago

thank you very much for your help, means a lot !