[duxuser] Re: the new uses of the slash
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 00:27:43 +0100
In British Braille, the number sign is often used with (or without)
dividing slash, to delineate date/month/year. Thus, 13/5/2004 [number
sign automatically comes up on Grade 2 Braille Display], or #13#5#2004.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <pann1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:14 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: the new uses of the slash
Sighted people us the slash in dates, but braille uses the hyphen.
Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign
AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 5:20 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: the new uses of the slash
: I think I do see a distinction between the two per correct 'print'
: usages. To illustrate, if I write an address, say, 1-4 East Street,
it
: includes nos. 2 and 3 because of the hyphen. If, however, instead I
: write 1/4 East Street, the slash signifies only 1 and 4. Thus, the
dash
: joins up; the slash separates. Parent/child could thus be viewed as
: standing for the two autonomous entities, where 'parent-child'
signifies
: between and includes the two. (The slash is also used for 'or', where
: the dash would imply 'and', in academic coinages.) Thus it is
: important - inconveniences braillewise notwithstanding - to use the
: slash where it's yused in print. I think the logic (which is not
always
: obeyed) points to the use of the whole word ch contraction for child
: after the slash.
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
: To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:57 PM
: Subject: [duxuser] the new uses of the slash
:
:
: There is no uniformity in print usage for a slash versus a dash or
: hyphen.
: The unfortunate fact is that this problem requires human intervention.
: Tactually, rules notwithstanding, The slash followed by a ch symbol is
: difficult to read and possibly open to incorrect interpretation. If
: possible, the hyphen symbol should be substituted for the slash unless
: there is a definite reason to adhere strictly to print symbols.
: On a personal note, I am finding more and more cases where the double
: duty
: done by many braille symbols is leading to more and more problems.
: Without
: trying to open a can of worms, I would be delighted if some of the two
: letter contractions and most of the arbitrary two-cell abbreviations
for
: specific words were done away with. True, it would take up more space
: but
: it would make braille infinitely easier to learn and infinitely less
: confusing.
: Catherine
:
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