Signs Found

K.J. Boal kjoanne403 at HOTMAIL.COM
Thu May 10 03:56:22 UTC 2007


Perhaps not in origin, but certainly in perception!  When it comes to 
language, the perception of the language community has more influence than 
facts on how the language develops.  If a sign is perceived as SEE, it will 
be rejected no matter how long it has actually been a part of ASL.
KJ


>From: "Stuart Thiessen" <sw at passitonservices.org>
>Reply-To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>Subject: Re: [sw-l] Signs Found
>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 21:06:53 -0500
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>All of the manual English systems had their origins in the 70's I  believe. 
>In a way, these signs from the 1920's are no more English in  origin than 
>to do the fingerspelling of JAN, FEB, MARCH. Language  borrowing is a 
>natural phenomenon especially for static things like  dates, months, etc.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Stuart
>On May 9, 2007, at 19:20, Adam Frost wrote:
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>>Good question. I am not sure. I doubt that this would be SEE II,  but I 
>>don't know how old SEE I is. The other thing is this book may  not have 
>>been with the offical SEE, but it still could have been  ASL with English. 
>>That has been going on for a long time, and that  is where SEE came from.
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>>Adam
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: "Charles Butler" <chazzer3332000 at YAHOO.COM>
>>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 17:13:57
>>To:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>Subject: Re: [sw-l] Signs Found
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>>How old is SEE, this was a book from the 1920s.
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>>Charles
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>>Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com> wrote: Those are the SEE signs  for the 
>>months. ;-)
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>>Adam
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: "Charles Butler"
>>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 16:07:14
>>To:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>Subject: [sw-l] Signs Found
>>
>>I found these signs in an old sign textbook published in the early  1920s 
>>in a second-hand bookstore in Baltimore.  Has anyone ever  seen these 
>>signs before?
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>>January
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>>February
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>>MarchCharles Butler
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