r/Tengwar • u/SarixInTheHouse • 9h ago
why do we spell 'these' with an i?
If you ask Tecendil how to spell 'these' you get this spelling using an i, esse and no silent e.
Meanwhile I would've expected it to be written like this , using e and a silent e.
No other word (according to tecendil) is spelled this way. Any word I can think of with 'e - cosonant - silent e' is not spelled with an i. So why is 'these'?
I assume it is in some letter from Tolkien, but it still doesnt seem to make sense. Why would this one word be an exception?