[duxuser] Re: Contracting Across Syllables
- From: Catherine Thomas <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:45:28 -0500 (EST)
The complaint about the EA contraction is not that it crosses syllables.
The complaint is that it crosses syllables in such a way as to affect
pronunciation. We wouldn't use the er contraction in "imagery" or the the
contraction in "motheaten", or the sh contraction is "disharmony". EA
cannot be used for obvious reasons at the beginning or end of words. It
has already lost a use in favor of the AR contraction which is much more
easily legible. The space it saves is insignificant considering that we
have now given up on hyphenating words so that long compound words like
second-in-command transfer themselves to a new line unless they completely
fit on the line above. Let me not stray into any other topics. My point is
that the EA contraction creates many more problems than it solves in too
many cases and that the rules which prop it up don't match the rest of the
BANA rules governing pronunciation.
Catherine
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