Now Terry, Perhaps we can explain this. The Europeans will get a good laugh out of this. At least I hope so. When my friend Ellen wanted to learn French, I wondered why it had to be so complicated. Why couldn't she just learn the French alphabet and type from there in English? (I was about 8 years old when I thought about that.)Of course, now I now know that everything isn't based on English braille. I also kno that the word is not the thing, although monolinguals think so. So why is it a surprise when they think of braille in the same way? (I work in Spanish, and have studied French and German).
Brenda Mueller > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: 'Braillenote List' <[email protected] >Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:25:55 -0400 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] grade 1 for german? >I took 3 years of spanish and I never heard of grade 2. It is almost >imposible, because the accented letters replace some of our contractions. >If grade 1 was unaccented, how could it have the same meaning. It is >posible, but not very logical. >Terry Powers >-----Original Message----- >From: Sarai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 10:21 PM >To: 'Braillenote List' >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] grade 1 for german? >Interesting. There is a grade 2 Spanish Braille but I've never learned >it unless the accents are considered grade 2. Even when I was n Spain >they didn't use a "grade II" I'll have to ask about that one. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean >Jackson >Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:17 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] grade 1 for german? >Hi Sarai, >Grade 1.5 is one of the German grades though I don't believe they >actually call it as such in German. However, I think Thomas (on this >list), would know a lot more about this than I. >Regards, >Dean Jackson >BrailleNote Product Specialist >Humanware >11 Mary Muller Drive >Christchurch >new Zealand >DDI: +64 3 940 2265 >Fax: +64-3-384 4933 >Email: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Internet: >www.humanware.com >Skype: >pulsedata-support-nz__________________________ >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sarai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:46 PM >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] grade 1 for german? >> How can there be a grade 1.5? >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean >> Jackson >> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 6:53 PM >> To: Braillenote List >> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] grade 1 for german? >> Will, >> The mPower supports computer Braille, grade 1 and 1.5 in German. >> Regards, >> Dean Jackson >> BrailleNote Product Specialist >> Humanware >> 11 Mary Muller Drive >> Christchurch >> new Zealand >> DDI: +64 3 940 2265 >> Fax: +64-3-384 4933 >> Email: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Internet: >> www.humanware.com >> Skype: >> pulsedata-support-nz__________________________ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:52 AM >> Subject: [Braillenote] grade 1 for german? >>> hi jonothan and list, >>> Any idea when the braille note m power will wsupport the reading and >> writing >>> of grade 1 german? >>> regards, will >>> ___ >>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
