[duxuser] Re: Contracting Across Syllables
- From: Bruce Toews <bruce@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:24:59 -0600 (CST)
This is correct. English Braille American Edition goes on to state that
the exception is common words such as around, where you are allowed to
contract between major syllable divisions. But there is no general rule
that sayse you do not contract between syllables. For whatever reason,
this is a very well-established myth.
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Sandra McCoy wrote:
Looking at the Instruction Manual for Braille Transcribing NLS LOC 8.2 you can contract between
usual (minor) syllables falling within a word but not between major ones (between prefixes or
suffixes and the base word or between components of a compound words) 4.5b(1). For example they
contract the ea in the words "permeate" and "European" in section 8.2d.
Sandy
From: b.lingard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [duxuser] Re:
Contracting Across SyllablesDate: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:44:33 -0500
Ottawa Canada
True, the rules of Braille say you don't contract across syllables, however I
believe in a footnote to this rule it says you may contract across syllables in
a proper name, like Boston or Minneapolis.
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