[BRLTTY] Contraction error: fedora

Lee Maschmeyer lee_maschmeyer at wayne.edu
Wed Oct 17 16:39:07 EDT 2007


Please pardon me if this is known; it looks very familiar but I get 
everything confused. In 3371 fedora is done wrong; it should use the e-d 
sign:

fe-do-ra f$ora
 a />*$ :ite %irt1 &a f$ora4 ,8 ties 7
 ,bog>t's snap-brim f$ora1 ,maurice
 ,? "o's hat--a grey f$ora--was on 8
boots1 /urdy f$ora1 & backpack1 he
 9 h} y>d1 we>+ a f$ora )a giant :ite
 du/y-look+ f$ora pull$ d{n ov} 8 e>s4
 f$ora1 smok+ ,tip>illos 9 my doorway &
 c>ry+ a cane1 "s"ts we>+ a f$ora1 &
 next "d4 78,he >riv$ ) ,f$ora1 cane1
"s"ts we>+ a f$ora1 & usu,y hold+ an
78,he >riv$ ) ,f$ora1 cane1 spats1 &
 frocks t %e'd gr{n | (&a f$ora he f.d
 plaid1 ! f$ora angl$ on xs blank h1d z
 sea4 ,b ! hat rema9s4 ,! crun*$ f$ora4
 f$ora & "o ( h} ba7y fl{}$ dresses all
 lov}'s *>coal f$ora4 ,%e runs h} h&s
 l;g h&"s ?roat4 ,a *>coal f$ora angl$
 |tside ! op5 w9d{6 ,he 0 we>+ a f$ora
 profile "u ! f$ora4 ,?ree d>k
 *>coal f$ora4
   ,lily wat*es ?ree ll boys 9 f$oras &
   ,"!'s a *>coal f$ora ) an em}ald b&
 0a f$ora w.d r.d )a gl1m+ em}ald b&4
 prison t}ms4 ,he put a s(t f$ora on 8

-- 
Lee Maschmeyer
<lee_maschmeyer at wayne.edu>

"Be kind to your fur-bearing friends,
For a skunk may be somebody's brother."
     --Fred Allen




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