[lojban] Isomorphism in lo cmalu noltru

[selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de>]

coi do'u

I have a question regarding audio-visual isomorphism in lo cmalu noltru. 
The dialogues in this book often don't indicate speaker changes (just as 
in the original). This is fine when reading the book, because one can 
see the "—" sign and the line breaks. However, when reading such a 
dialogue out loud, it isn't always so clear to the listener.

Here is a small excerpt:

— .i sa'u mi ty ponse
— .i xu do ponse lo tarci
— .i go'i
— .i ku'i mi pu zgana lo nolraitru noi ...
— .i lo nolraitru cu ponse nagi'e turni .i mutce frica
— .i ma do prali lo nu do ponse lo tarci
— .i prali mi fa lo nu mi ricfu
— .i ma do prali lo nu do ricfu
— .i lo nu mi te vecnu lo drata tarci va'o lo nu da tolcri ty

So it looks like there is a character/layout choice here that has 
meaning (i.e. it marks a speaker change), but that isn't realized in 
speech. This is unsatisfactory for me. The question then is what to do 
about it.

Should "—" here be considered a "forethought" pair of «lu li'u»? I'm 
tending towards reading it that way (should I ever get around to making 
a complete recording of this wonderful book).

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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