Lee, You had me scratching my head over this one, so I visited the North American Braille Authority's web site to view the literary braille code. Rule 42 B states that the EA contraction and the double-letter contractions BB, CC, DD, FF and GG can't be used where the letters are separated by a primary sylable division. The examples they give include preamble and readjust, but I believe create fits into the same category.
Rule 34 seems to enforce my father's conclusions in my previous note: Speaking in general terms about contractions, this rule states that contractions may be used where the letters of the contraction would overlap a minor and/or incidental syllable division. With this said, it seems that a number of pieces of software missed rule 42: it seems that using theEA sign in create is clearly crossing a primary sylable division. Sorry to be such a braille nerd, but I hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lee Maschmeyer Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 3:36 PM To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Contraction error: Caledonia Actually, a contraction can cross a syllable boundary when going from an unaccented to an accented syllable; hence the contraction in "create." -- Lee Maschmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Be kind to your fur-bearing friends, For a skunk may be somebody's brother." --Fred Allen _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
