I remember when California was CAL, and Florida was FLA. Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Ring Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 2:49 PM To: Rhonda Clark; Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] pronounciation dictionary?
This is true. But if the BN is using the old state abbreviations, then that is the source of the problem. You young whippersnappers (smile) don't remember that at one time, states were indeed abbreviated using three letters. If this is in fact happening with the BN, it is unfortunate since we've been using two letters since the 70s. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda Clark Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:28 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] pronounciation dictionary? Terry, Illinois is a two letter word. Most of them are two letters, with a capital letter for each letter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:00 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] pronounciation dictionary? > Hi Tessa; > That should not be happening. Our states are represented with 2 letters now > a days. Ill is a 3 letter word. There must be something wrong either with > your dictionary or Pulsedata's as a whole. Is this happening to other > people too? I have not noticed this happen yet. If I get a chance, I will > try it out. > Terry Powers > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tessa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:41 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] pronounciation dictionary? > > > Terry, when miss or ill is by itself it's pronounced properly, when followed > > by a period it has been assumed that those words are being used as > abbreviations for state names but in most cases where the word occurs > followed by punctuation abbreviations are not what is being intended and > it's very distracting to be reading something and have the vn say something > like "He wasn't in school because he was illinois." if there was no > punctuation after the word it would have just read the word as ill. The same > > with miss and mississippi. > Tessa > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
