[duxuser] Re: the new uses of the slash
- From: "Terri Pannett" <pann1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 09:53:10 -0700
I disagree. The short-form words used in grade 2 braille are not obsolete.
When I see a letter sign in front of cd, I realize the letters are for the
abbreviation cd and not for the word could.
I don't believe in having two standards of braille, one for proficient users
and one for beginners. ThThe standard grade for braille should be grade 2.
When people are learning braille, they will need to learn it gradually and
primers for these people should be written accordingly. But students must
realize that standard reading material is going to be written in grade 2 and
if they want to read it, they will have to learn grade 2 braille.
Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 4:11 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: the new uses of the slash
: Hi, David,
: Your message was informative and I'm glad that as versions of DBT
: progress, some of these small inaccuracies are being dealt with. Next time
: you feel like experimenting, try "primenet" and "usenet" and let us know
: how those work out.
: I think you may have missed two of the main points of my soapbox. 1. Not
: all readers of braille are reading at the same level--e.g., a fairly young
: child or an adult new to braile. Some of the combinations reaulting from
: using correct braille are not easily recognized. A proficient braille
: reader might have to do a double-take (or double-read). A not so efficient
: braille reader might in fact be lost;by some of these pointless uses of
: contractions. "Can" was meant to stand for the word can as in ability, not
: for the metal container which is actually not the same word when you think
: about it.
: 2. As electronics control more and more of what is produced in braille,
: what we read and what passes for correct is going to have less to do with
: that Philidelphia lawwbook of braille rules and more to do with what the
: electronics dictate.
: In the days before alphaspeak, the arbitrariness of the two-cell
: contractions used to stand for whole words didn't matter much. Who would
: know that ac would stand for air conditioning or alternating currant (or
: even Atlantic City)? Who would know that common speech would include the
: word cd or that tm would appear everywhere as the trademark symbol. Letter
: signs in braille used to indicate that letters were being used. Now they
: indicate that the next set of characters coming up is an obsolete grade
: two abbreviation.
: Catherine
:
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