[COMPLETE] The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Vol 10 - tg

SkyRider · Post by **SkyRider** » April 2nd, 2019, 1:56 am

Section 22 Spot PL OK

Perfect - thank you!

Foon · Post by **Foon** » April 2nd, 2019, 2:11 am

Thank you both!

elsieselwyn · Post by **elsieselwyn** » April 28th, 2019, 10:02 pm

Can I have 26-28?

Foon · Post by **Foon** » April 29th, 2019, 1:41 am

elsieselwyn wrote: ↑April 28th, 2019, 10:02 pm Can I have 26-28?

Absolutely! They are all yours!

hdcn · Post by **hdcn** » April 29th, 2019, 11:16 pm

I have uploaded the audio for Section 23. (Finally!)

Final length is 37:44

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/arabiannightsvolume10_23_anonymous_128kb.mp3

Jeff B.

Foon · Post by **Foon** » April 30th, 2019, 2:37 am

hdcn wrote: ↑April 29th, 2019, 11:16 pm I have uploaded the audio for Section 23. (Finally!)

Final length is 37:44

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/arabiannightsvolume10_23_anonymous_128kb.mp3

Jeff B.

Thanks so much Jeff, it's in the MW for PL!

SkyRider · Post by **SkyRider** » May 5th, 2019, 5:19 am

Sorry for the delay in responding - I seem to have stopped getting notifications for posts to this thread. Hopefully this message will kick-start them again.

Your voice and reading are lovely, Jeff. I could listen to you for hours. There's one small issue with the reading - at 24m18s you render the text £.s.d. as "LSD" - a Victorian Briton, such as Burton, would read this as "pounds, shillings, pence" - UK currency until 1970. In effect, he's referring to money rather than psychedelic drugs.

Should you re-read that phrase? I'll defer to Foon on that one - my personal opinion is that it ought to be redone as it significantly alters the meaning for a modern reader, but that goes beyond the level of prooflistening that has been requested for this project.

Great work though - we're getting some fantastic voices in this volume!

hdcn · Post by **hdcn** » May 5th, 2019, 11:37 pm

SkyRider wrote: ↑May 5th, 2019, 5:19 am
Your voice and reading are lovely, Jeff. I could listen to you for hours. There's one small issue with the reading - at 24m18s you render the text £.s.d. as "LSD" - a Victorian Briton, such as Burton, would read this as "pounds, shillings, pence" - UK currency until 1970. In effect, he's referring to money rather than psychedelic drugs.

Well, that was the best part of the whole text.

Foon · Post by **Foon** » May 6th, 2019, 2:16 am

SkyRider wrote: ↑May 5th, 2019, 5:19 am Your voice and reading are lovely, Jeff. I could listen to you for hours. There's one small issue with the reading - at 24m18s you render the text £.s.d. as "LSD" - a Victorian Briton, such as Burton, would read this as "pounds, shillings, pence" - UK currency until 1970. In effect, he's referring to money rather than psychedelic drugs.

Should you re-read that phrase? I'll defer to Foon on that one - my personal opinion is that it ought to be redone as it significantly alters the meaning for a modern reader, but that goes beyond the level of prooflistening that has been requested for this project.

Thanks Paul, I agree that it quite changes the meaning -- Jeff, would you mind redoing that one line?

hdcn · Post by **hdcn** » May 6th, 2019, 7:21 am

Foon wrote: ↑May 6th, 2019, 2:16 am Thanks Paul, I agree that it quite changes the meaning -- Jeff, would you mind redoing that one line?

No problem! In my own defense, though, I did look up £sd (pre-decimal currency) on Wikipedia, and it gives the pronunciation as: /ɛlɛsˈdiː/ ell-ess-dee.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/£sd

I do understand how listeners unfamiliar with the term could become confused, however.

Paul/Foon: Do you want me to read this as “pounds, shillings, pence” or “pounds, shillings, and pence”?

Foon · Post by **Foon** » May 6th, 2019, 7:58 am

hdcn wrote: ↑May 6th, 2019, 7:21 am
Foon wrote: ↑May 6th, 2019, 2:16 am Thanks Paul, I agree that it quite changes the meaning -- Jeff, would you mind redoing that one line?
No problem! In my own defense, though, I did look up £sd (pre-decimal currency) on Wikipedia, and it gives the pronunciation as: /ɛlɛsˈdiː/ ell-ess-dee.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/£sd

I do understand how listeners unfamiliar with the term could become confused, however.

Paul/Foon: Do you want me to read this as “pounds, shillings, pence” or “pounds, shillings, and pence”?

Ahhh I didn't know that it was an alternate way of speaking the abbreviation. In that case, I'm fine with keeping it as is. I think "pounds, shilling, pence" would be easier to understand for the listener, but, there is no sense in having to correct something which isn't wrong!
I'll mark this PL OK, you can change it if you want, but I'm making the executive decision that it's fine as is

MajorHistory · Post by **MajorHistory** » May 8th, 2019, 3:53 am

Please book me for sections 20 and 21 and sections that may be abandoned.

Thanks,

Mike

Foon · Post by **Foon** » May 8th, 2019, 4:54 am

mikebotez wrote: ↑May 8th, 2019, 3:53 am Please book me for sections 20 and 21 and sections that may be abandoned.

Thanks,

Mike

Great, thanks so much! That means we are now fully claimed!

SkyRider · Post by **SkyRider** » May 8th, 2019, 4:55 am

Foon wrote: ↑May 8th, 2019, 4:54 amThat means we are now fully claimed!

Post by **TriciaG** » May 8th, 2019, 5:51 am

Moved to Readers Found.