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BulbulTada Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Replacing names while reading

It is often that while reading to others we can't say foreign names correctly. For instance, if we want to read the following passage without saying people's or place names (Could I say people or place's names?), how could it be said? Thanks.

"Nobody wants to die, we just wanted to threaten the authorities," says Shankar Khadse, one of the seven farmers of Wadad village in Wardha district, "to seek permission to commit suicide from the district collector."

  

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the names of people or places'. Don't try to replace names. Just take a guess at the pronunciation, but try to remember what you said when the same word comes up later.

— Rover_KE

  • the names of people or places'.
  • Don't try to replace names.
  • Just take a guess at the pronunciation, but try to remember what you said when the same word comes up later.
  • Depending on the age and education of your audience, you could precede the reading by saying 'I'm just guessing at the pronunciation of some of these names.
  • If anybody knows better, please let me know'.
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Say '...the names of people or places'.

Don't try to replace names. Just take a guess at the pronunciation, but try to remember what you said when the same word comes up later.

Depending on the age and education of your audience, you could precede the reading by saying 'I'm just guessing at the pronunciation of some of these names. If anybody knows better, please let me know'.

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BulbulTadaif we want to read the following passage without saying people's or place the names of people or places ...

You can't read a passage with names without saying the names. There is no solution except to guess how to say the names.

CJ

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Thanks. Suppose I am reading to you my local news and the names of people or places are not that important for you to understand what's happening in general. Is it then possible to read by saying 'so and so' or 'such and such' instead of the names?

"Nobody wants to die, we just wanted to threaten the authorities," s

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Now I know how to paraphrase it or else would go ahead pronouncing consistently throughout. I appreciate the answers.

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