4 minutes ago, rockstaryuzu said:

How about Cree or Inuktitut? Not that I know those languages but...

 

Maybe someone could do elvish runes at least. That would look awesome! 

Just now, 4Nessie said:

 

Maybe someone could do elvish runes at least. That would look awesome! 

Sindarin or Quenya?

1 minute ago, 4Nessie said:

 

Maybe someone could do elvish runes at least. That would look awesome! 

Come to think of it, I have a friend who learned Sindarin just for kicks....

4 minutes ago, rockstaryuzu said:

Come to think of it, I have a friend who learned Sindarin just for kicks....

 

Oh I know, that was one whole era of people doing that. (Don't point that finger at me... )

 

 

7 minutes ago, Fay said:

Sindarin or Quenya?

 

I would love to see Yuzuru Hanyu translated to Quenya.

3 minutes ago, 4Nessie said:

 

I would love to see Yuzuru Hanyu translated to Quenya.

That’s going to be beyond me, I need a good Japanese-Quenya dictionary for that!  

2 minutes ago, Fay said:

That’s going to be beyond me, I need a good Japanese-Quenya dictionary for that!  

 

Maybe there are some elves in Japan...

 

*cough*  *cough*

Oh dear. Bow is “quinga”, string is “tendl”, taut is “tunga” in Quenya - what do you get? 

4 minutes ago, Fay said:

Oh dear. Bow is “quinga”, string is “tendl”, taut is “tunga” in Quenya - what do you get? 

 

ummmm.... african shaman chanting...?  

7 minutes ago, Fay said:

Oh dear. Bow is “quinga”, string is “tendl”, taut is “tunga” in Quenya - what do you get? 

I'm not sure, but I think in Sindarin you'd have to do it phonetically instead of by meaning... I sent my friend a text to see if he can help me out

56 minutes ago, rockstaryuzu said:

Is..is there even a hieroglyph for 'ice skating'?

I doubt it.  I doubt that there's even a hieroglyph for 'ice'.  Except for the green belt along the Nile most of Egypt is very HOT desert.

1 hour ago, micaelis said:

I doubt it.  I doubt that there's even a hieroglyph for 'ice'.  Except for the green belt along the Nile most of Egypt is very HOT desert.

 

I googled and found this (some forum for various translations):

Spoiler

The Egyptian word for snow is salqu (the vowels are basically an educated guess) probably related to the Hebrew word for snow, sheleg. Obviously, they had no snow at home in Egypt but came across it in countries further north.

Snow is mentioned in one ancient Egyptian text, in the context of unpleasant or dangerous phenomena that might happen on the mountains of northern lands in the winter. Officially speaking, the Egyptians didn’t like snow.

 

not exactly ice, but at least something

Guys guys guys!!! Do it!!!

 

ETA What's the one that comes after "fashionably late"?  I will just leave the Insta link here in case anyone wants to double up on spamming Javi. 

 

Spoiler

 

 

3 hours ago, Henni147 said:

Btw: I hope, Rita Skeeter hasn't written any unpleasant things about him in the Daily Prophet yet  

If she has, there will be hell to pay with Hermione -- who, I'm sure, is a total fanyu!

Maybe someone can converse fluently about Yuzuru in....Klingon.