Post by mortlach on Jan 26, 2016 3:09:37 GMT
Runeglish: A Complete Beginners Introduction.
The translated pages of the Liber Primus are not written in English (although it is very close to English).
English uses a 26 character alphabet, the Liber Primus is written in a 29 character alphabet. (Using The
runes we all know and love as defined in The Gematria Primus). Due to the different alphabets English
words
have to be translated into ‘Rune-English,’ or what I like to call runeglish. Things to note about
runeglish include:
1. Runeglish words can have a different number of characters to English words.
The word ‘THE’ in English contains 3 letters, in runeglish it contains 2 runes, ᚦᛖ
2. Some English characters are represented by the same rune
S and Z, C and K etc.
3. Some English characters such as Q and V are not in the runeglish
V in English is ᚢ in runeglish (U)
QU in English is ᚳᚹ in runeglish (CW)
4. Some runes represent a ligature or a pair of English characters
5.Ligatured letters take precedent
IO in English is represented by ᛡ NOT ᛁᚩ in runeglish
A version of runeglish. To simplify translations, and without any loss of generality 1 set of 1 to 1
mappings to go between English characters and runeglish characters can be made. For example:
ᚠ - F ᚢ - U ᚦ - TH ᚩ - O ᚱ - R ᚳ - C ᚷ - G ᚹ - W ᚻ - H ᚾ - N ᛁ - I ᛂ - J
ᛇ - EO ᛈ - P ᛉ - X ᛋ - S ᛏ - T ᛒ - B ᛖ - E ᛗ - M ᛚ - L ᛝ - (I)NG ᛟ -OE ᛞ - D
ᚪ - A ᚫ - AE
ᚣ - Y ᛡ - IO ᛠ - EA
using the above mapping K or Z (etc.) do not appear in runeglish. It's an executive choice which
mappings you use, but deciding and sticking on 1 can only make your life easier. As the rune ᛝ represents
ING and NG in runeglish BONG and BOING are homographs, as are many other words. ( BONG and BOING are
two of my favorites. )
A Runeglish gotcha. When comparing runglish with your friends be careful about ᛄ and ᛂ, these two characters
are often used to represent the same rune.
The translated pages of the Liber Primus are not written in English (although it is very close to English).
English uses a 26 character alphabet, the Liber Primus is written in a 29 character alphabet. (Using The
runes we all know and love as defined in The Gematria Primus). Due to the different alphabets English
words
have to be translated into ‘Rune-English,’ or what I like to call runeglish. Things to note about
runeglish include:
1. Runeglish words can have a different number of characters to English words.
The word ‘THE’ in English contains 3 letters, in runeglish it contains 2 runes, ᚦᛖ
2. Some English characters are represented by the same rune
S and Z, C and K etc.
3. Some English characters such as Q and V are not in the runeglish
V in English is ᚢ in runeglish (U)
QU in English is ᚳᚹ in runeglish (CW)
4. Some runes represent a ligature or a pair of English characters
5.Ligatured letters take precedent
IO in English is represented by ᛡ NOT ᛁᚩ in runeglish
A version of runeglish. To simplify translations, and without any loss of generality 1 set of 1 to 1
mappings to go between English characters and runeglish characters can be made. For example:
ᚠ - F ᚢ - U ᚦ - TH ᚩ - O ᚱ - R ᚳ - C ᚷ - G ᚹ - W ᚻ - H ᚾ - N ᛁ - I ᛂ - J
ᛇ - EO ᛈ - P ᛉ - X ᛋ - S ᛏ - T ᛒ - B ᛖ - E ᛗ - M ᛚ - L ᛝ - (I)NG ᛟ -OE ᛞ - D
ᚪ - A ᚫ - AE
ᚣ - Y ᛡ - IO ᛠ - EA
using the above mapping K or Z (etc.) do not appear in runeglish. It's an executive choice which
mappings you use, but deciding and sticking on 1 can only make your life easier. As the rune ᛝ represents
ING and NG in runeglish BONG and BOING are homographs, as are many other words. ( BONG and BOING are
two of my favorites. )
A Runeglish gotcha. When comparing runglish with your friends be careful about ᛄ and ᛂ, these two characters
are often used to represent the same rune.
