[bksvol-discuss] Re: compound words that sound weird
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:58:57 -0400
The big problem here is that words change over time. Waterproof, now one word,
started out as water-proof, with a dash. Depending on when a book was written,
anything might happen. I usually try to check the book or check with the
dictionary. Probably overdoing it, but that's what I do since they're my books
and I'm nuts.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 2:18 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: compound words that sound weird
Dear Lissi,
I had a whole post ready to go, because I could
imagine bloodred only as a hyphenated word if an
adjective or as two words if not, but when I went to
the dictionary to check if I was correct I found that
I was not--in the dictionary it is a compound word. I
do agree that it sounds very strange.
I don't know of you're pre-validating before
submitting a book you scanned or are validating. I
have validated books where the person who sacnned
eliminated all hyphens and thus some words that should
have been hyphenated were not.
As others probably have told you (I haven't read all
my mail yet) leave it the way the book is if you inow
what that is. I've validated some older books where a
lot of words are hyphenated that we don't hyphenate
today. I've put comments about it in the long
synopsis. It's interesting to see the different styles
and how the language has evolved through the years.
Cindy
--- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Volunteers and emerging Friends,
>
> I'm going to guess the answer to this question
> before I ask it and then find out if I was right or
> not.
>
> My guess is no, leave the compound words as they
> are.
>
> Now, here's the question. Most of the time, jaws
> pronounces compound words correctly. But sometimes
> they sound so distorted you really have to think
> about the context or go back and listen to the word
> letter by letter.
>
> Here's an example. In two books I've worked on the
> word bloodred was used. I am tempted to write is
> blood red. I figure, "who will know? Who will check?
> It will sound right without putting the listener to
> any trouble, and even if the spell checker shrieks
> it's wrong, if I make the book really clean, 3 or 4
> separated compounds won't sink the ship"
>
> Ok. I'm ready for the outcry, but I only want to
> tamper with the few compounds that sound absolutely
> unrecognizable.
>
> Always With Love,
>
> Lissi
>
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