Hi Paul,
The stress is on the first syllable of "fever", even though the sound of the E
is long.
If I can try and illustrate, it is pronounced fee-vr, not f-veur (that doesn't
work too well in plain text, but hopefully it makes sense).
The rule is that the stress, not the sound, must be on the first syllable.
In the UK, lever also rhymes with fever, the EVER contraction also works in
lever.
Several braille contractions are not phonics. Consider, for example, ONE, which
has several different pronunciations in different places. EVER falls into this
category. OF is another and so is KNOW. Likewise several braille contractions
would break what you might consider the natural phonetics of a word: consider:
p(ar)rot instead of pa(rr)ot,
ke(en) instead of k(ee)n,
ro(of) instead of r(oo)f,
c(of)fee instead of co(ff)ee,
fre(ed)om instead of fr(ee)dom
(er)ror instead of e(rr)or,
and many more.
Note that in the above, brackets note the braille groupings and "natural"
groupings.
I hope this helps.
With best regards,
James.
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Yes, George; I see the two instances you mentioned.
What I am questioning is the rationale for using dot 5 e in fever, based on the
current rules.
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Hi Paul,
See rule 10.7.4 on page 128 of the Rules of Unified English Braille – also
listed in the word list on page 253.
f"e
George
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Subject: [ueb-ed] What is the logical contraction in fever?
Based on the UEB rule governing the use of dot 5 e in words like Beverly,
never, wherever, etc., it seems illogical to use it in fever, because there is
no stress on the first e.
So, phonetically speaking, the EBAE rule should stand in fever.
Your thoughts?
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