[duxuser] Re: Contracting Across Syllables
- From: "Paul Ajuwon" <ajuwon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:19:05 -0600
IT is an interesting discussion about syllabication and other rules of the
code, relative to the majority of kids we teach in North America today who
require a less structured code in order to enhance their education,
employment and independence.
Then, there is the other issue of the less structured British code versus
the complex American code, with many rules and exceptions. I learned the
former as a child, but we never found it difficult reading the latter, from
books donated by Library of Congress.
Interestingly enough, Canadian books in Braille (which we also read) were
then produced in British code. However, in my four years of university
education in Canada, my Canadian friends couldn't tell when Canada succumbed
to American Braille. But I sure can recollect reading books in Braille like:
"Argosy to Adventure", "Canadian a New Land", "Canadian a New Nation", etc.,
which a Canadian Overseas Volunteer had arrange for our school library.
Change sometimes is inevitable!
Paul.
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Foxworth, Ann
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:12 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Contracting Across Syllables
Hi Catherine, if you run across that pesky rule under discussion here,
while poking around in the code book, send it out to all of us.
ANN FOXWORTH, BRAILLE CONSULTANT
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:09 AM
To: duxuser freelists.org
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Contracting Across Syllables
As a braille reader, every time I come to words like permeate, create,
or
Seattle where the ea contraction has been used I do a mental
double-take.
The pronunciation is just wrong. I also think of school kids or
older people just learning braille trying to
figure out what a word actually is and being mesled by this kind of
thing.
"cre-ate" looks like "crete" (the Greek island), :re-ality" looks like
"real-ity", Seattle" looks like "seetle" and on and on it goes.
The braille code is a dynamic thing. In cases where it needs special
rules
to prop up its exceptions, the exception is what would require a second
look.
Just for laughs I'm going to look at the Problem Words section of the
instruction manual and count how many words have to be included simply
because of the ea contraction.
Catherine
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