la .xorxes. cu cusku di'e
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:51 AM, selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de
<mailto:seladwa@gmx.de>> wrote:
la .van. cu cusku di'e
I agree with iesk here: If you write down a stream of spoken text,
you should also include voice hints:
<serious low-pitched voice> .i lo nolraitru cu ponse nagi'e
turni .i mutce frica
<ignorant child voice> .i ma do prali lonu do ponse lo tarci
Now, there _is_ an indication of speaker change.
It is, but it's not Lojban. Text and speech is supposed to match.
Since neither the "—" in the written form, nor the change in voice in
the spoken form are part of the Lojban text, where is the mismatch? They
are both extratextual enhancements to aid in comprehension. If you plan
to read it in a monotone voice it will be hard to follow, but it would
also be hard to follow for a reader if the text was written without any
spaces and line-breaks.
The idea is that Lojban doesn't rely on tone of voice or special emphasis etc. It can mark all those things with words (UI and ba'e for example). It also has the tools to be explicit about quotes (lu li'u).
So in my opinion, a language like Lojban should not have to rely on how the text is read out loud by the speaker. It can help to use different voices, but it should not be necessary to do so.
The problem here is that the original French doesn't indicate anything either, but then again it's a natural language. Still, it kind of makes it okay for the Lojban do also not indicate it. I think I'm no longer in favor of the lu li'u idea.
You could also read the "—" as "ni'o" or some new member of NIhO that meant "new speaker", in which case the "—" would become part of the text.
Good point. I'd prefer {ni'o} over a new cmavo. This might be the best solution so far.
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