Though the subject line is a joke, I do think it's important to follow the rules where possible; otherwise we can get into a morass of rule writing. I remember someone once claiming a bunch of errors caused by their message quoting system, that involved all kind of non-words they didn't like the contraction of. I don't remember the details.
So, here's the rule regarding the contraction of S t period. Set your display to 6-dot computer braille: .#E.C;E .,ST4 ,7,,XII4#CH4C7' ,:5 9 PR9T ! ^WS .,/REET OR .,SA9T >E A2REVIAT$ .,ST41 !Y %D AL 2 A2REVIAT$ 9 BRL--&! 3TRAC;N = .ST IS US$4 ,:5 !Y >E A2REVIAT$ .,ST 7)\T ! P]IOD71 ! LRS1 N ! 3TRAC;N1 >E US$ 2C ! 3TRAC;N /&+ AL"O WD 2 R1D Z ! ^W ./4 ,IF ^! ^WS >E SPELL$ \ FULLY 9 PR9T1 FOLL[ COPY4 ,EXAMPLE3 ,AT ,S\? ,ST TURN LEFT2 ,/4 ,ANN'S ,*UR* IS ON ,WE/ ,/REET4 -- Lee Maschmeyer Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan, USA _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
