[bksvol-discuss] scanner vs scannor
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:07:19 -0800 (PST)
Ann, I think that's an excellent idea. It has totally
bothered me when I write scanner meaning the person
and I keep thinking machine. Henceforth I'll use or
for the person and er for the machine--BUT--
Will people who listen hear any difference? I suppose
there is a difference in Braille--or isn't there?
Grandma Cindy
--- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Dunnow why there's such a hoodoo. This is a problem
> easily solved. If
> Carrie buys the books, which is part of Bookshare's
> contract with us as
> a provider of books, then why doesn't she put out a
> call for help when
> scanning a best seller is not within her comfort
> level? She could
> mail the purchased book to whomever volunteered to
> scan it. It would
> be a priority call on the volunteer list, sort of
> like an emergency 911
> or something. She shouldn't be forced to scan and
> read something that
> makes her feel uncomfortable. At the same time,
> Bookshare has made a
> commitment to scan all the best sellers. Therefore,
> an emergency or
> high priority request to the volunteer list would
> solve this issue handily.
>
> In addition, with the new funding now available, it
> should be possible
> to pay scanners. Once a scanner, hmmm, or is that
> scannor, is paid,
> then he or she cannot demur when asked to scan books
> which make him/her
> uncomfortable. Or, at least the issue is not as
> important. If a
> scannor is paid, then perhaps there could be two
> employed so that what
> one won't or can't scan the other can?
>
> Ann P.
>
> P.S., I'm spelling the person who scans with an o r
> instead of an e r
> to distinguish the machine from its user. I have no
> idea if this is
> correct, but it makes sense to me. Yeh, I know I'm
> cracked. Just
> humor me, eh?
>
> --
> Ann K. Parsons
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