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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's always the method used for held lyrics under the staves on sheet music; namely: expand the repeats with hyphens (or en or em dashes if you're feeling fancy / like an AI).

You can still incorporate this odd / even rule too: No -> No - o - o; Moon -> Moo - oo - oon

There might need to be extra hyphens before and after surrounding consonants according to taste. I haven't pinned down my own preference yet.

At a push, there need be no repeats of any letters and the whole extension is done with hyphens or dashes and long spaces: e.g. Spoon -> Sp­ — — o — — o — — n.

Subtitler @mcqtom@lemmy.world elsewhere in the comments might like to experiment with this method too.

[–] mcqtom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'll tell ya one thing, I absolutely hate that rendering of the word spoon. That, I will certainly not be experimenting with.