COMPLETE National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - May 1897 - rap

DancingSnail · Post by **DancingSnail** » December 8th, 2017, 2:49 pm

Section 4:
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3

Time:
7.31

I read the apostrophes as "dash" and "double dash", I really wasn't sure what to read...

(c', c'')

Post by **MaryAnnSpiegel** » December 8th, 2017, 9:48 pm

If it's a maths reference, I think it is "c prime" and "c double prime".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)

Don't know why I have forgotten almost everything about high school algebra, but I remembered that 35 years on.

MaryAnn

DancingSnail · Post by **DancingSnail** » December 9th, 2017, 7:49 am

Thank you MaryAnn...
It's a bit mathsy but not completely... a diagram of the level of water beside a stream...
Would that call for "prime"?

Post by **Rapunzelina** » December 9th, 2017, 8:23 am

I like MaryAnn's idea! Yes, I believe "prime"/"double prime" would work in this case, for the points of the topography.
Are you up to making this change, Carol? But either way, it makes sense

Post by **MaryAnnSpiegel** » December 9th, 2017, 8:24 am

Looking at the picture, I think the author is trying to mimic the prime concept in the maths sense, but given the picture and what he is trying to represent, as a listener I would understand just as well from what you read (dash and double dash) as I would if you had said prime and double prime.

MaryAnn

DancingSnail · Post by **DancingSnail** » December 9th, 2017, 1:52 pm

I've changed it to "prime" and "double prime", and uploaded the new version.
Thanks!

Post by **Rapunzelina** » December 9th, 2017, 3:55 pm

Great, Carol! Thank you!
I've now listened to it and it's PL OK!

Post by **MaryAnnSpiegel** » December 9th, 2017, 4:58 pm

3 - 17.30 - https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3

Let's all move to Costa Rica!

MaryAnn

Post by **Rapunzelina** » December 10th, 2017, 3:12 pm

Costa Rica! It sounds wonderful!

Thank you, MaryAnn! PL OK and MW updated!

DancingSnail · Post by **DancingSnail** » December 19th, 2017, 9:49 am

Here is section 5:
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3

Time:
5:36

There were a couple of tricky words here...
I read Sheik Said as "sa-eed", I hope that's right, I couldn't find any pronunciation online but that seemed to be how it should be read...

Post by **Rapunzelina** » December 20th, 2017, 2:11 am

Yes, exactly! And all is great! Thank you, Carol!

Post by **Availle** » January 11th, 2018, 4:40 am

Enough resting here

Here's the Winter Voyage, at 36:58:
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ngm08_05_01_128kb.mp3

I'm surprised he didn't use the words snow, ice, cold... more often

And I was surprised to hear about the interesting post office in the middle of the trip.

Post by **Rapunzelina** » January 11th, 2018, 3:17 pm

Thank you, Ava!

I find this a rather romantic trip description!

Just one fix needed at the end of the recording, maybe in the last 20 seconds, the second to last sentence is repeated "and in ten days ..."

Post by **Availle** » January 12th, 2018, 4:20 am

oops, very sorry...

new file uploaded. New length 36:53.

Post by **Rapunzelina** » January 12th, 2018, 5:00 pm

Thank you, Ava! It's now marked PL OK in the MW, and I think I'll be able to catalogue tomorrow.