[nabs-l] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth braillecode

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sun Sep 11 17:57:37 UTC 2011


Not in all parts! There are a lot of Southern people who talk 
like that.

 Chris Nusbaum

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real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance." -- Kenneth Jernigan (President of the National 
Federation of the Blind, 1968-1986.)

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Sent from my BrailleNote

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:54:38 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] BANA still considering abolishing the 
Nemeth braillecode

Call it whatever, but remember, in the South, that kind of 
language is
looked down upon.
I'm a Southerner.
Also, as a Christian, I'm told in my Bible, not to let corrupt
communication proceed out of my mouth.
If Jesus wouldn't talk like that, I won't.
Blessings, Joshua

On 9/11/11, Carly <carlymih at earthlink.net> wrote:



 Good morning, Joshua,

 bologna? really? Are we 5 year olds?
 I am not at all being defensive with this I assure you it's just 
that
 can't we call it out for what it is?
 Also, is compelling a kid to use words like "bologna" or 
"poopoo,"
 really all that different other than being a weaker, more 
watered
 down synopsis of what he's really feeling?
 At 05:02 AM 9/11/2011, Joshua Lester wrote:
I'm not immature.
I just don't like having profanety on the lists, in case a child 
is on it.
Sure they might be exposed to it, but we need to keep it to a 
minimum.
I agreed with you, that the idea, to change our code, is bologna.
You can say that, without using "BS."
Crap, even may be better suited for the list, than the S word.
I'm just saying this, for the protection of newcomers.
Again, I wasn't offended directly.
Blessings, Joshua

On 9/11/11, Carly <carlymih at earthlink.net> wrote:


 Perhaps, our resident 8th grader is not alone in his immaturity? 
Did
 you not catch the substance of my letter, or were you too 
distracted
 by a word which, can be if it makes you and resident 8th grader 
more
 comfortable, expressed in terms of so much  bovine scatology? Do
 these terms please you? I assert You are naive to believe that
 resident 8th grader is not routeenly exposed to some language?
 Besides, if we can stop fixating on one little summary of what 
the
 BANA is seeking to commit upon our beloved braille code, we 
might be
 able to effect, some change!
 Jesus Joshua grow up! :33 PM 9/10/2011, you wrote:
Wow!
The cursing is back!
We have an eighth grader, on this list.
Please keep the profanety down.
Thanks, Joshua

On 9/10/11, Carly <carlymih at earthlink.net> wrote:


 Hi, Joshua,

 That sounds perhaps a worthwhile gesture, in the event of there 
not
 being  significant capital, behind this braille unification
 bullshit...  We might  accept a fact that we might be, nice and
 outnumbered, in this. .  The locals seem to really dig 
mediocrity.  I
 guess you can just refuse to learn it, that's what I plan to do.  
06
 PM 9/10/2011, Joshua Lester wrote:
Carly, it's shameful.
I E-mailed the chairman of the resolutions committee.
Hopefully, I'll hear something.
Blessings, Joshua

On 9/10/11, Carly <carlymih at earthlink.net> wrote:


 Hi, Joshua,

 I'm with ya, brother!

 The example of that BANA attempt att braille I saw, struck me as
 being totally watered down and very much removed from the code I
 know
 and love so very deeply.  In fact, my Not being able to find
 meaning
 within the sensual, bumps does not make me love braille any 
less.
 2011, you wrote:
I'm all for a unified Braille code.
That code, is the Nemeth Code!
Leave it alone!
Blessings, Joshua

On 9/10/11, Nicole B.  Torcolini at Home 
<ntorcolini at wavecable.com
 wrote:
 [Blindmath] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth
 braille
 code
 Susan Jolly easjolly at ix.netcom.com
 Fri Sep 9 17:10:37 CDT 2011

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 I have just recieved my copy of the Summer 2011 Bulletin of the
 National
 Braille Association (NBA) which is the professional
 organization
 providing
 continuing education to both paid and volunteer braille
 transcribers here in
 the United States.  The President's Message states, "At some
 point
 in
 the
 near future, the braille powers-that-be will make a decision
 about a unified
 braille code for the English-speaking worlds--a code that will
 combine
 literary and technical transcriptions under one set of rules
 and
 constructions."

 Elsewhere in this issue of the Bulletin, the NBA representive
 to
 the Braille
 Authority of North America (BANA) writes that the BANA
 "Education
 and
 Outreach committee is still reviewing the possibility of a
 universal
 code."
 Note that the next meeting of BANA will be held November 3-6,
 2011
 and
 will
 be hosted in the Baltimore area by the NFB.

 If you believe as I do that the BAUK-like representation of
 maths
 in
 the
 current proposals for a unified code are significantly inferior
 to
 the
 Nemeth code's representation of mathematics, you might want to
 take
 action
 now.

 Wouldn't it be ironic if the US were to abolish the use of the
 Nemeth
 code
 just as it is being widely adopted in countries such as India
 and
 Indonesia
 which have larger populations of braille users?

 Sincerely,
 SusanJ







 
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