[bksvol-discuss] Re: What about bullets in Braille?

  • From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:27:41 -0700 (PDT)

Paula,

You should probably leave them as they are, since they
have a different meaning from the double-dash, and
since, apparently, they translate differently. 

G.Cindy

--- Paula and James Muysenberg
<outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>     I used to replace bullets with a double dash,
> which was what some on the list recommended a few
> years ago. Is that still acceptable, or should I
> leave them as is?
> 
> Paula
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Cindy Ray 
>   To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:15 AM
>   Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What about bullets
> in Braille?
> 
> 
>   Sometimes they are shown as an o and sometimes
> they are as a - or --. 
> 
>   Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure.
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Devorah Greenstein 
>     To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>     Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:46 PM
>     Subject: [bksvol-discuss] What about bullets in
> Braille?
> 
> 
>     What about bullets? Those spots that come before
> a line of text? Does Braille handle them? I think
> the Braille use of three apostrophes to indicate an
> ellipsis is interesting. Also, in print, ellipses
> are not always periods with a space in between each.
> I have seen them as three periods squeezed into a
> single space, so squished that you can hardly tell
> they are periods.
> 
>      
> 
>     Oh well.
> 
>      
> 
>     Still curious about bullets though.
> 
>      
> 
>     Devorah
> 
> 
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