What's my tattoo say? You can translate if your really interested. If you want to know without the work GO HERE. If you just want to learn what I know about the language, read on.

Basically, its the celtic language of north-eastern Scotland between anglo-saxon and latin. It's thoroughly dead and mostly been re-pieced together, so spelling is creative at best (kinda like 1700s english, read anything by Jefferson, Lewis, or Clarke). The language is written right to left...or left to right...or top down...or down to up...or each line can go in a different direction. It seems to be more artistic than formulated.

The font is Modraniht Runic by David Kerkhoff. You can get it here: http://www.fontspace.com/category/futhorc or from my site here. It's freeware, so use it for yourself, but commercial uses need to pay. When you type the letter in, it's always lower case unless I said otherwise. Anything with an ascii code (Þ) can be entered in a word processing program by holding down the alt key and typing in the 4 number ascii code (alt+0222).

#	Keyboard	Rune	Sound	Example		#	Keyboard	Rune	Sound	Example
1	f		f	fire, fizz		2	u		oo	booze, book
3	Þ Þ		th	thorn, thick. Unvoiced - between teeth, not back		4	o		aw (ah)	awning, law
5	r		r	ride, road		6	c		sss	cycle, since
7	g		guh, yeh	gift, gas, yes, yellow. Hard g, y, or silent		8	w		w, v	warm, varmit
9	h		h	hail, hate, happy		10	n		n	need, note
11	i		ee	sleep, wee		12	j		j	jaw, jew
13	z		eye, you	pride, fly, yew, you		14	p		puh	poem, paint
15	x		zzz, er	zebra, xylophone, planter, ponder. z or finishing r		16	s		sss	sun, silly
17	t		t	Tuesday, atrium. Hard t		18	b		b	birch, brick
19	e		ay, eh	pay, day, weigh		20	m		mmm	man, market
21	l		l	Life, large		22	ŋ ŋ		ng	singer, tang, bling
23	œ œ		eh	pet, met, bet		24	d		th, d	there, this, dog, dare. Voiced th - back of teeth, not between
25	a		oh	oath, oral		26	æ æ		ah	at, glass
27	y		yeh	year, yours		28	J caps		ih-oh, ee, oh	?
29	é é		ay, eh	day, way, pay. Redundant?		30	k		k	kick, cane. Hard c
31			?	?		32	G caps		guh	gift, gas