[duxuser] Re: Dates - was Re: George visiting Duxbury
- From: "Lloyd G. Rasmussen" <lras@xxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:27:44 -0400
They can also be written with slashes and repeated number signs. So in the
DXP file, you can have 4/#17/#02. This is one of my pet peeves about the
braille rules, where braille is trying to protect blind people from the
viscissitudes of print.
At 10:11 AM 4/17/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi, George,
>
>In literary braille for North America, dates in braille are written 4-17-02.
>
>Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California
>
Braille is the solution to the digital divide.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 <http://www.loc.gov/nls/>
HOME: <http://lras.home.sprynet.com>
The opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent
those of NLS.
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