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how to write stuttering?

by marbuljon, December 27, 2014

Messages: 4

Language: English

marbuljon (User's profile) December 27, 2014, 7:28:44 AM

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 (User's profile) December 27, 2014, 10:54:12 AM

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

Christa627 (User's profile) December 27, 2014, 6:56:20 PM

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 (User's profile) December 27, 2014, 9:44:23 PM

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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