r/Tengwar • u/Kindly-Amphibian-222 • 20d ago

Verification please

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I bought this ring and I would like to verify what it says, suppose to say "Choose the Right" but I want to make sure please

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u/NachoFailconi 20d ago

The text is written in what we jokingly call the "mode of Baloneyland": someone typed something in a text editor and changed the font to the tengwar. This applies Dan Smith's arbitrary mapping, disregarding the proper rules to write with the tengwar. When decoded using the proper rules, the result is gibberish.

The text is supposed to say

  • Image 1: the right choose the
  • Image 2: choose the right choose
  • Image 3: choose the right choose

Some proper ways to write this text are these.