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how to write stuttering?

de marbuljon, 27 de desembre de 2014

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Llengua: English

marbuljon (Mostra el perfil) 27 de desembre de 2014 7.28.44

In English we say like "th-that's not fair".

But the - tends to mean an omission/abbreviation (S-ro) in EO. In this comic I'm reading in Japanese, they put a space (th that's not fair). Probably some people also put commas (th, that's not fair).

So how should I write it?

sudanglo (Mostra el perfil) 27 de desembre de 2014 10.54.12

I would write pick up a P-P-P-Penguin, And also P-p-p-puŝu la pordon.

Christa627 (Mostra el perfil) 27 de desembre de 2014 18.56.20

Here's how I did it...

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Rats. I was hoping the picture wouldn't be too big.

Hyphens are used for abbreviations such as s-ro or E-o, and also for putting words together, as in Esperanto-asocio. But I don't think the use to show stuttering would be easily confused with either of those uses.

marbuljon (Mostra el perfil) 27 de desembre de 2014 21.44.23

Christa627, you can just link to the image instead (or resize it) : P

Even though it was just a guess before, now I actually saw someone using commas in English (in a story) for stuttering, and then I found another person using spaces in English (in a comic translation)...

We don't ever use hyphens to abbreviate in English, so I feel like it might be a bit like interference. I was just thinking that if any novice Esperanto-learner sees a hyphen, they're going to think it's an abbreviation for something.

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