tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 02 01:13:44 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Beginner Story excerpt
I'm a little frustrated here. I specifically called out my method of presenting attributed speech for this excerpt as a temporary fix, something I was not presenting for scrutiny, but it's the only thing anyone has commented on.
I wanted to know if beginners found the text readable and if advanced speakers felt I had compromised the language through simplification.
I clearly do have the answer regarding whether it makes anyone want to read more.
> On Jul 2, 2014, at 1:08, Lieven <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ja' Christoph:
>>
>> You could add a blank after the qaghwI' when quotation marks follow. "qaghwI' " instead of "qaghwI'".
>
> Yes, that may be kind of a solution, but still hard to read. Depending on the font you use, qutotation marks and apostrophes still look very similar, and you must also remember what it looks when several marks are used, for instance if I list some of these words, e.g.
> I'm not sure if
> " 'u''a''e' " 'ol HoD
> is much better than
> "'u''a''e'" 'ol HoD
>
> Compare to
> ['u''a''e'] 'ol HoD.
>
> --
> Lieven L. Litaer
> aka Quvar valer 'utlh
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> http://wiki.qepHom.de/En/Apostrophe
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