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06-27-2005, 04:58 AM
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Dialogue through a radio....
This has just occured to me just now.
I'm planning my novel and at a couple of points throughout the story there will be speech being heard through a radio by someone. So, I was curious as to whether or not the tradition of using " " marks for the dialogue is still used (Seeing as the dialogue is not coming directly from the person but through another medium).
It may seem like a daft question but for some reason I couldn't imagine it being in the standard format.....dunno why.
Anyway, cheers.
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06-27-2005, 05:02 AM
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It should be ok I suppose. Maybe use italix?
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06-27-2005, 05:14 AM
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I was thinking that....but I wasn't sure.
Italics might sound best.
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06-27-2005, 06:41 AM
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I would use itallics in this instance, although perhaps find a way to make it clear to the reader that the voice is coming from a radio.
Are you planning to post it here? I would love to see how it comes out.
mememe
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06-27-2005, 06:44 AM
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you should use " " they are to say when a person is talking, the person on the radio would be talking even if its through a medium, thats why there called speech marks
you could do somthing like
andrew turned on the radio to listen to some music, a broad caster started speaking "thats strange" andrew muttered, "the radio station was supposed to be music only" the presenter sounded panicked "there has been an attack on....."
and so on and so forth
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06-27-2005, 08:53 AM
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crazy's not crazy on this... s/he's right...
it's dialog, any way you slice it!... and spoken dialog always takes quotation marks [NOT italics]... the example given is a good one, but don't forget to add the proper punctuation and separate the dialong by indents, as required...
hugs, maia
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06-27-2005, 09:42 AM
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Big 'ta' to all who replied. Think " " marks get the unanimous vote here.
Cheers
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06-27-2005, 12:15 PM
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"J'accuse le baconc!" said the man over the radio ||| should work well enough.
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