[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille Contraction Chart

[Jewel S.]

I was taught that the first contractions to learn are the single
letter words: but, can, do, every, from...

And when I write instructions for a drawing, I write "Space thirteen
times, one L, one TH sign, etc." There's no confusion that way.

~Jewel

On 8/31/10, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] <Terry.Powers at nih.gov> wrote:
> It is a l th
> With out the spaces
> A th sign is dots 1,4,5,6
>
> Alth sign
>
> Before learning the contracted words you need to learn the 2 and 3 letter
> contractions.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zimmer, Cindy [mailto:cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov]
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 2:13 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille Contraction Chart
>
> Well sort of...the alth the th is underlined so that means you Braille the
> letter a, letter l, then Braille the th sign.
>
> I do not teach Braille, but sounds like Terrence does and I know Sahar does.
>
> Cindy Z.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 12:18 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille Contraction Chart
>
> Thank you for the chart.  Can I ask for a little help with this?   Iam
> giving it a little look, but need to take time to get into it more.
>
> It seems like I found a list of words and just want to be sure I understand
> it.
>
> example: a  l t  h (although
> so  if you put the beginning in alphebet letters of Braile then that equals
> the word  although?
>
> Joyce  Kane
>
> I haven't  found any of the combo letters yet on the chart, but I need to
> search  more.  example wh what dots are these?  Last, I don't understand the
> dot 5 thing.  This I found by holding down control and hitting arrow  key.
>
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>
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