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Where's the Tolkien fans at?
Noticed my 1973 copy of The Hobbit has a message on the inside cover.
Can anyone translate?
@Arioch1530 I tried to transcribe a bit, but the result is disappointing:
der góys
nu dh dhiitality b
niddyli yers reenoan
alvás in jór
harte nd ehw [n]gerne
[...]
[hy/i]py
nirsnda
tymp,
quse
rasa 5, 1974 amb
'y' is a palatalization marker and not a vowel. 'qu' is 'kw' and does not have a vowel unless explicitly added.
There were numerous mistakes (equivalent of putting the dot under the i, or writing p from the baseline up). I did the best I could.
I think they've put their vowel markers backwards (on the letter preceding, not following).
@dhasenan You did better than I could have, thank you!
I think we have more questions than we did before we started. It would be incredible if the image is recognized by someone - either the person who wrote it or the recipient.