[access-uk] Re: Braille readers, did you know?

  • From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:44:13 +0100

I am sure many people will still use them anyway.  I was taught for example 
that Dear should be written with EA sign r rather than e and A R sign and 
still tend to use this.

If we are going to get rid of these religious signs they should be 
reallocated to words that are more commonly used otherwise getting rid of 
them serves little purpose.

Cheers


graham
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angel" <Angel238@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 4:27 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille readers, did you know?


I hadn't thought of that about the Christ sign, though if that word appears
in another faith's religious context couldn't the sign be used?  I think
what I meant is it is not faith specific.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 3:05 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille readers, did you know?


> Hi Angel,
>
> I don't think all of them encompass all faiths, for example Christ is
> definitely Christian.  For my part, I am glad they are gone.  We are the
> only country that used them in terms of Braille, so it didn't make any
> sense.  Mind you, I hate Grade 2 anyway, it is so ambiguous, and gives
> people writing translation software a big headache.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Angel
> Sent: 28 April 2007 06:49
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille readers, did you know?
>
> I always wondered whatever happened to those signs.  I didn't know they
> had
> been scrapped.  As they encompass all faiths I don't think they ought to
> have been.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx>
> To: <"Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@freelists.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:42 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Braille readers, did you know?
>
>
>> Hi all, I have just heard of some Important braille signs which I always
>> used have been scrapped, What Is this world coming to?  They are all
>> religious signs we can't use, has this been done so as "Not to Offend"
>> the
>
>> non-Christians?  I doube for a mark of respect, what do you think? Did
>> you
>
>> know and would you still use them in your personal writings?
>> The nine religious contractions which should never have been scrapped
>> are:
>>
>> 1.   Dot five C for Christ.
>> 2.   F T H sign for faith.
>> 3.   G L for glory.
>> 4.   Dot five G for God.
>> 5.   G R for grace.
>> 6.   H L for holy.
>> 7.   Dot five J for Jesus.
>> 8.   S T H sign for saith.
>> 9.   Dots four-five-six u for unto.
>>
>> So what are we going to reuse these signs for now?
>>
>> Yours, disgusted, Christine W.
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