[nabs-l] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth braille code

Sun Sep 11 13:55:37 UTC 2011

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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> >> >> >> the Nemeth
> >> >> >> > braillecode
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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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