[duxuser] Re: more OT: Isn't braille a language?
- From: "Blackburn, Alan" <Alan.Blackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:55:35 +1000
Frances,
From the Collins English Dictionary;
Language n.
Definition 1. a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc. by
the use of spoken sounds OR CONVENTIONAL SYMBOLS.
Definition 4. ANY OTHER systematic or nonsystematic means of
communicating, (sic).
Now I've looked that one up for you (again), you can now go and look up
the definitions of vocabulary, translate and transcribe for yourself.
I would say by definition that because it's a method of written
communication shorthand could be considered a language.
Alan
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Francis Daniels
Sent: Friday, 20 August 2004 10:31 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: more OT: Isn't braille a language?
So when I write in braille, I'm speaking it? Since when was braille, a
system of writing, designated as a language? You use braille to write,
not
speak. If your argument were appropriate, then shorthand is a language.
The term transcribe refers to writing from one mode to another. It has
nothing to do with speech.
I refer you to http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Braille
in which this: "Braille is a tactile writing system used by blind
people."
Francis
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