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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: <span class="gD" name="Roger Thijs">Roger Thijs</span> </font><span class="go"><a href="mailto:rogerthijs@yahoo.com"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">rogerthijs@yahoo.com</font></a><br>

</span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L Sign language</font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left"><span><br><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">A case of language creation (see annex).</font></span><div>

<span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">These two deaf monozygotic twins developed an own sign dialect, that their brother, who learned standard sign language, could not understand.</font></span></div><div><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It is a sad story: since, when one of the two developed glaucoma, they decided to die together since they could not accept not seeing each other anymore.</font></span></div>

<div><span></span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regards,</font></span></div><div><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Roger</font></span></div>

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