<smile> I like your take on this, Cindy Ray. I just read a book that was full of those things you mentioned, and so I agree ow, it isn't that big a deal in comparison. Thanks a lot, Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cindy Ray To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:50 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Em-Dash Even if it says em dash, often the hyphen says "dash." I would find that much less stressful, as a student or anybody else, than to hear 1 am going to the store. We have a thriving cornmunity here. Or Thornas Merton. Or to have a buinch of garbage that has been left in carrot tilde, etc, for no apparent reason. This is just not that big a deal for me, but of course you could get days worth of response on it. I suspect each of us is different. And, of course, I'm not Evan. Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure. ----- Original Message ----- From: siss52 To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:59 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Em-Dash Hi All, Evan, I am beginning to feel ambivalence about this cottin pickin' em-dash as well. For me it doesn't matter. I mean, I am a Braille reader and this dash seems to translate into one dash or hyphen on bookshare.org. So I have a question. <big sigh> In print, does the em-dash look a lot different from a double dash or two hyphens? On my Braille display when I validate a file in Word, it looks like a capital hyphen. My display is an 8-dot cell, and that is how it looks. So I am wondering how it looks in print. Also, what does a Daisy speech file say if someone wants to know? Sorry to bring this up, but it is my concern for students that set me off. <lol> A student should know the difference in the single hyphen that is used for compound words and a dash which, in Braille Grade II, is a double hyphen. I usually validate fiction, but still, I am concerned. Sue S. __________ NOD32 2617 (20071025) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com