IPA Braille is the modern standard Braille encoding of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as recognized by the International Council on English Braille.

A braille version of the IPA was first created by Merrick and Potthoff in 1934, and published in London. It was used in France, Germany, and anglophone countries. However, it was not updated as the IPA evolved, and by 1989 had become obsolete. In 1990 it was officially reissued by BAUK, but in a corrupted form that made it largely unworkable. In 1997 BANA created a completely new system for the United States and Canada. However, it was incompatible with braille IPA elsewhere in the world and in addition proved to be cumbersome and often inadequate. In 2008 Robert Englebretson revised the Merrick and Potthoff notation and by 2011 this had been accepted by BANA. It is largely true to the original in consonants and vowels, though the diacritics were completely reworked, as necessitated by the major revisions in print IPA diacritics since 1934. The diacritics were also made more systematic, and follow rather than precede the base letters. However, it has no general procedure for marking tone, and not all diacritics can be written.

IPA Braille does not use the conventions of English Braille. It is set off by slash or square brackets, which indicate that the intervening material is IPA rather than national orthography. Thus brackets are required in braille even when not used in print. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Does IPA Braille use the conventions of English Braille?
2. what indicates that the material is IPA?
3. are those brackets required?
4. what year did IPA become obsolete?
5. what is IPA?
6. where was it put into use?
7. where else?
8. who created it?
9. where was it first published?
10. when?
11. who reissued it?
12. was that version successful?
13. who created a completely new system?
14. when?
15. was it compatible withe Braille from other places?
16. what countries was it for?
17. who revised the Merrick and Pothoff version?
18. what did he completely rework?
19. was it accepted by BANA?
20. can all diacritics be written?
Answer: 1. No
2. It is set off by slash or square brackets
3. Yes
4. 1989
5. the modern standard Braille encoding of the International Phonetic Alphabet
6. France
7. Germany
8. Merrick and Potthoff
9. London
10. 1934
11. BAUK
12. No
13. BANA
14. In 1997
15. No
16. the United States and Canada
17. Robert Englebretson
18. the diacritics
19. Yes
20. No

The OM Man and the Sea ,for which Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the most influential novels of the literary treasure of the world. Famously known for his brief and short sentences ,Hemingway created ah interesting and unique style of writing that still appeal to readers today.

Santiago was an aged Cuban fisherman, and many thought that he could no longer fish. For eighty-four days ,he set out to sea and returned empty-handed. So unlucky was he that the parents of his young, devoted apprentice and friend , Manolin , forced the boy to leave the old man in order to fish in a more profitable boat On the eighty-fifth day ,the fisherman set out into the open sea to go fishing. At noon ,a big Marlin took hold of one of the lines, but the fish was far too big for him to handle.

Santiago let the fish have enough line, so that it wouIdn9t break his pole; but he and his boat were dragged out to sea for three days. Finally ,the fish grew tired. Santiago killed it Even this final victory didn't end his journey. He was still far, far out to sea. To make matters worse, Santiago dragged the Marlin behind the boat and the fish blood attracted sharks.

Santiago did his best to beat the sharks away ,but his efforts were not enough, The sharks ate the flesh off the Marlin ,and Santiago was left with only the bones. Santiago was tired out He got back home with nothing to show for his pains but the skeletal remains of a large Marlin. Even with just the bare remains of the fish, the experience changed him, and charged the opinions others had of him. Manolin , who had been worried over the old man's absence, was moved to tears when he found Santiago safe in his bed, When the old man woke ,the two agreed to fish as partners once more.

With Santiago5S struggle to catch the Marlin and his journey home ,Santiago's courage was obvious as he faced challenges that just didn't seem to end. He didn't give up and even though he felt he had been very unlucky, there was hope to keep going on. He was destroyed but not defeated. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Did Santiago make it home?
2. What is Santiago?
3. Is he getting on in years?
4. How many times did he go fishing and catch nothing?
5. Did he finally get a nibble?
6. What kind of fish was it?
7. A small one?
8. Could he wrangle it?
9. How long was he pulled by the fish?
10. What happened to it?
11. What did Santiago do to it then?
12. Did he let the body loose?
13. What did he do with it?
14. What brought the sharks?
15. What did Santiago have when he got home?
16. What happen to the marlin's body
17. Who is Manolin?
18. Was he worried about him?
19. Where was Santiago when he saw him?
20. Who wrote this story?
Answer:
1. yes
2. a Cuban fisherman
3. yes
4. eighty-four days
5. yes
6. a marlin
7. no
8. no
9. three days
10. it grew tired
11. killed it
12. no
13. dragged it behind the boat
14. the fish blood
15. nothing
16. The sharks ate it
17. his apprentice and friend
18. yes
19. in his bed
20. Hemingway