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

  • From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:10:09 +0100

Yes, I mainly agree with you here Angel because not many Braille readers
consider DearfBlind people and the Even More challenges we need to overcome
with braille being our Only way of communication!

Christine.----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angel" <Angel238@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:33 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille readers, did you know?


We are talking apples and oranges here, as Louis Braille was French and the
contractions commonly used in English Braille are accent marks in that
language.  Everyone knows contractions make reading Braille much speedier
and save space.  I would be happy if there were even more of these and we
used grade three as a matter of course.  But that will never happen, only in
my dreams.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:55 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille readers, did you know?


> Hi Christine,
>
> I am a proficient Braillist.  I just don't like Grade two, because there
> is
> so much disagreement about it.  Louis Braille never invented Grade two, he
> merely invented Braille.
>
> All the best
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Christine Weetman
> Sent: 28 April 2007 16:37
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille readers, did you know?
>
> Hi Angel, No No No, Not dot five and c in My name, dot five and c for
> Christ, but not in Christmas either! lol  Don't ask me why, I was just
> taught it that way, so I didn't question it.  I am a Braille User and
> Proud
> of it so I don't accept what Steve said (below) braille was invented for
> the
> benefit of us who Need to use it, so maybe He doesn't and is luckier than
> us, but I am Full of admiration for those who use braille Correctly and
> Don't shout about their ignorance!
>
> All the best, Christine W,.----- 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.
>>
>> All the best
>> --
>> Computer Room Services:
>> the long cane for blind computer users.
>> Telephone Low-call:  08452 606 277
>> International:  +44(0)1438 742286,
>> Fax:  +44(0)1438 759589
>> mobile:  +44(0)7956 334938,
>> Email:  mailto:Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Web site:  http://www.comproom.co.uk
>>
>> -----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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