A journalist's predicament

[shawan_7]

"Twitter post from Roland Hedley of Doonesbury fame: Brushing up on hieroglyphics for POTUS Egypt trip. Anyone know how two reeds, a moon and an owl is pronounced?"

Yes, the trip to Egypt is already a font of new work.... I look forward to seeing the political cartoons.

ETA: Well our Egyptian correspondent says the two reeds are a "ee" sound.

Comments

[boogiebabe_smap]

And the owl is M. But I'm not sure what hieroglyph he means by moon. Full circle is "ra" (sun). Half circle flat side down is T (bread). I don't remember moon.