Re: sw symbols for the different countries _ here : Mexico
Hello Stephen and List,
I'm working with a student from Burma. She told me that in her county the
Deaf use Burmese Sign Language, but I can't find anything about it on the
internet. The Deaf are considered in her country to be handicapped and are
not allowed to sign in the classroom. She is learning sign writing (at a
very fast rate!) and I'm going to try and get her to write her language.
But I'm curious...do you know where I can find out about her sign language?
They sign Burma with two hands pressed together (like in "pray") she said
this is because they are Budists (spelling) worship in that country. She has
very limited English and just came to this country last year. Deaf in her
country are not encouraged to be together, but she still stays in contact
with her friends there. Anyways, just a thought. If you know where I can
find out more, let me know:)
Hi Valerie and listmembers , I am going to prepare a major presentation on a very important Deaf culture event - I got the idea to present the SW- symbols of...
Stefan Woehrmann2
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Aug 18, 2001 3:34 pm
Hello Stephen and List, I'm working with a student from Burma. She told me that in her county the Deaf use Burmese Sign Language, but I can't find anything...
Nancy Cole
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Aug 18, 2001 4:26 pm
Stefan, Looking at Mexico, the orientation of a) is actually correct. The left hand is upward, not toward the reader. The orientation is correct as written. ...
Charles Butler
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Aug 19, 2001 11:55 am
... This is a good explanation of the articulation of this sign, Charles. But I didn't realize that this sign was on the Web page; it doesn't correspond to...
Angus B. Grieve-Smith
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Aug 19, 2001 1:17 pm
SignWriting List August 19, 2001 Hello Everyone! Thanks so much for your information about the Mexican sign for Mexico. Thank you for your GIF, Angus. And...
Valerie Sutton
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Aug 19, 2001 3:34 pm
Hi Valarie, Richard and I have seen the second gif signed here. Smiles Nancy...
Nancy Cole
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Aug 19, 2001 3:42 pm
... SignWriting List August 19, 2001 OK. It is now posted on: Who Uses SignWriting http://www.SignWriting.org/about/who/who.html If more changes are needed,...
Valerie Sutton
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Aug 19, 2001 4:25 pm
Hi Valarie, again, I'm sorry, we were wrong in reading the sign. Neither one of them is what they use here. They use the V handshape on the forhead, as in...
Nancy Cole
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Aug 19, 2001 4:25 pm
SignWriting List August 19, 2001 OK. Here is another GIF with some versions of the sign for Mexico. The first one is touching the nose and then rotating in...
Valerie Sutton
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Aug 19, 2001 4:54 pm
... I'll be interested to read the feedback from Nancy's native speaker friends, but here's my thoughts: 1) Normally there isn't much movement from the elbow,...
Angus B. Grieve-Smith
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Aug 20, 2001 12:29 am
... The first one is definitely not correct. And I don't think the third one is. The second one has the brushing contact, but it seems to be with the cheek...
Angus B. Grieve-Smith
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Aug 19, 2001 4:25 pm
SignWriting List August 19, 2001 Does anyone know the sign for England in British Sign Language? Val ;-)...
Valerie Sutton
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Aug 19, 2001 4:25 pm
All of the above?? I'm going to ask our friends from there and will get back to you later today:) Smiles Nancy Cole...
Nancy Cole
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Aug 19, 2001 5:15 pm
Wow - Valerie , that has been a very quick reply - and I love to see all the people engaged in these spelling problem - well - one thing is to get the...
Stefan Woehrmann2
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Aug 20, 2001 2:25 pm
SignWriting List August 20, 2001 Hello Stefan! Thanks for your message about the sign for Mexico. Of course there are many possible different beginning and end...
Valerie Sutton
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Aug 20, 2001 2:57 pm
... Good question, Stefan! If I'm remembering right, it would be (a), and then (d). (b) is definitely not it. -- -Angus B. Grieve-Smith Linguistics...
Angus B. Grieve-Smith
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Aug 20, 2001 3:28 pm
Hi Valerie, Angus and friends ... (Valerie wrote : (...) ... well it is just for the sake of getting more security that SW is a powerfull instrument to write...
Stefan Woehrmann2
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Aug 20, 2001 5:19 pm
... SignWriting List August 21, 2001 Yes, exactly! When we write signed languages we do not know ourselves, we tend to write "Movement Writing". That way we...
Valerie Sutton
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Aug 21, 2001 4:47 pm
Hi Valarie and list! I'm sorry it took so long for me to respond back about the sign for Mexico. The sign that they use here in the V CL touch two times on the...
Nancy Cole
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Aug 21, 2001 11:16 pm
... SignWriting List August 21, 2001 Many thanks, Nancy, for checking with your deaf friends. I would be glad to post the sign you mention, except I have no...
Valerie Sutton
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Aug 21, 2001 11:25 pm
... Yes, that was the other variant that I remembered seeing. The change fits in with Nancy Frishberg's work on historical change in ASL. She found that...
Angus B. Grieve-Smith
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Aug 22, 2001 1:33 am
Please remove me from the mailing list. AND, Thank you for all of the wonderful info I have received. Best of luck to you...
Linda Gronberg-Quinn
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Aug 22, 2001 10:54 am
I would like not to receive more correspondence on singwritting, because I will sell my computer. A hug Marci ...
marcifarias
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Aug 25, 2001 3:31 pm
Actually that is sign for Spain. Mexico is signed either with the m brushed on the cheek (like the sign Peach), or v handshape. That one is harder to ...
Nancy Cole
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Aug 19, 2001 1:32 pm
Hello Charles - thank you very much for your feed-back - Your verbal description of the different palm orientation of my gif are exactely what I wanted to...
Stefan Woehrmann2
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Aug 20, 2001 2:25 pm
... SignWriting List August 21, 2001 Actually, the old writing of the sign for "Spain" in ASL, (which is the spelling we were using for Mexico because we...
Valerie Sutton
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Aug 21, 2001 5:11 pm
Hi Valerie and listmembers, thank you very much for your message - it helps to clarify things ;-) I can imagine that you are overwhelmed by your 1000 things...
Stefan Woehrmann2
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Aug 21, 2001 9:40 pm
... SignWriting List August 21, 2001 Hello Stefan! Thank you for the darling animation! Your comic animations are always amazing...really quite charming ;-) ...
Valerie Sutton
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Aug 21, 2001 11:44 pm
... From: Stefan Woehrmann2 <stefanwoehrmann@...> To: <SW-L@...> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: Re: sw symbols for the...
Charles Butler
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Aug 21, 2001 4:21 am
... SignWriting List August 21, 2001 You know, I am not sure about Saudi Arabia, because Mohamed hasn't explained to me the names of the different signed...
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