Hi to everyone,
I'm on the Braille Authority of the German-Speaking Countries and live
in Switzerland. As I was born and spent the first three decades of my
life in the UK I do, however, have a special interest in English
braille. I don't use UEB much and consequently don't have many problems
with it, so I am generally a passive reader of this mailing list.
Margaret's question made me realise that I could pass on a question that
I have been asked a few times by teachers in Germany. How do you write
the one letter that is only used in German and isn't a Latin letter with
an accent: ß? It developed from a ligature sz, doesn't have a capital
form and represents a double s after a long vowel in words like "groß"
("big"). It looks more or less like the small Greek letter beta or
remotely like a capital B. In Switzerland we don't use it and just write
ss, but in the other German-speaking countries that counts as incorrect
spelling.
I couldn't find anything in the UEB documentation to help me but maybe I
overlooked something.
Has anyone the answer or any ideas?
Thanks a lot
Vivian Aldridge
Am 18.03.2016 um 11:46 schrieb Margaret Bradshaw:
Greetings
Let me preface this query by saying how much I appreciate the input of the
various contributors of this email group, and I always look forward to your
thoughts.
I have already looked at Sections 13 and 14 in the UEB Rule Book, but want to
know about a situation that doesn't seem to be covered there.
In an English-language text containing a single word in a language with a
different alphabet, is there a *generic* way to handle this situation in UEB?
For example, if there is a person's name in which there is a non-English (nor French, nor
German, nor Spanish) character which is not a "known" letter, what can be done
with this in UEB?
Thoroughly made up example: In SEB, if you came across something sort of like a
T with an unknown twirly bit on it, the generic accent (dot 4) followed by a T
would do the trick.
Do we have any similar "patch" in UEB?
Again, I am *not* asking about any of the characters which may be listed in the
UEB Rule Book.
Thanks in advance!
Margaret
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