Re: [glosalist] roberti3-dice

My bad mistake in “Roberti” raises interesting points.

“Roberti”, pa dice Beti. “Robert”, said Betty. If one says the English sentence, the punctuation is inaudible. We now have:- ‘Roberti said Betty’. Usual order - S V O gives ‘R said “Betty” ‘, what is required is:- ‘ “Robert” was said by Betty’. ‘ “Roberti”, pa gene/ge Beti’. If I am talking to someone with the same language and accent as mine (northern English), he/she would understand my elisions of “was” and “by” and my intonation; it is now more concise and more forceful - bad grammar but good style. However, if the listener is not English, my statement is bad international language. Glosa is meant to be an international language therefore, - ‘ “R” pa dice B’ - is BAD Glosa. plu mi penite.

We should always bear in mind that our Glosa is aimed at some person perhaps isolated in the wilds of a little visited country far from one’s own.

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