Sao Paulo (variant)

Mon Apr 1 20:43:23 UTC 2013

I see what you mean. When I first read that I think of that as the left
hand. Though when I go ahead and sign it with my right I see how it makes
sense...

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Charles Butler <chazzer3332000 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> For Erica. Here is a variation on Sao Paulo. It doesn't feel right to me,
> but logically this is how one would write the P hand middle finger on the
> right hand touching the right temple. Other rotations of the P hand give
> one some positions that don't look right if one is working with two handed
> signs as the two hands don't touch when they should or the fingers don't
> touch the face where they need to.
>
>   Sao Paulo
>
> Here is my variation, which follows the Parkhurst convention, for
> Perfect.  Sometimes you just have to write what feels right.
>
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>
> Charles Butler
> chazzer3332000 at yahoo.com
> 240-764-5748
> Clear writing moves business forward.
>
> --- On *Fri, 3/29/13, Claudia S. Bianchini <chiadu14 at GMAIL.COM>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Claudia S. Bianchini <chiadu14 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Signs for Cities and States - can you write the name of YOUR
> city and post to the List?
> To: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
> Date: Friday, March 29, 2013, 9:30 AM
>
> Hello... here are my cities:
> Rome: where I was born
> Perugia: where was my university
> Modena: where I live when I'm not working
> Paris: where I've done my PhD
> Poitiers: where I work at university
>
>
>
> 2013/3/29 KJ Boal <kjoanne403 at signwriting.org<http://mc/compose?to=kjoanne403@signwriting.org>
> >
>
> I have a few here:****
>
> Red Deer (where I currently live):****
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Which is in the province of Alberta:****
>
> ** **
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Edmonton, the capital of my province and the city where I was born:****
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Leduc, where I really grew up; the city is near an international airport,
> so the sign looks like an airplane taking off:****
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Calgary, the other major city in my province, technically has two possible
> signs. This is the old one, which isn’t used any more – and there’s a story
> behind that! ****
>
> ****
>
> This sign refers to spurs on cowboy boots, because Calgary’s biggest claim
> to fame is the internationally-renowned rodeo called the Calgary Stampede.
> However, Edmonton and Calgary have a MAJOR rivalry – if you’re from one
> city, you’re expected to hate everything about the other!  In the spirit of
> that rivalry, the Edmontonian Deaf began joking that the sign was really
> related to the sign for “garbage” and the Calgary was “garbage”. The
> Calgarian Deaf, offended, decided to change the sign.****
>
> ** **
>
> This is what they changed it to:****
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Personally, I’m sorry they changed it! The original sign had more
> character, in my opinion. But I don’t subscribe to the rivalry between the
> cities . . . much. (smile) Anyway, hope that’s not too many signs all at
> once!****
>
> KJ****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages [mailto:
> SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU<http://mc/compose?to=SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>]
> *On Behalf Of *Valerie Sutton
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:25 PM
> *To:* SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU<http://mc/compose?to=SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
> *Subject:* Signs for Cities and States - can you write the name of YOUR
> city and post to the List?****
>
> ** **
>
> SignWriting List****
>
> March 27, 2013****
>
> ** **
>
> Dear SW List:****
>
> Recently a Deaf guest from Ireland, Shane Gilchrist, visited us here in La
> Jolla, and suddenly there were Deaf friends visiting in my home, from all
> over San Diego!****
>
> ** **
>
> It was a lot of fun for me in particular, because I have been a bit
> isolated here - ****
>
> ** **
>
> I learned a few signs that were new to me. One of them is the name of the
> city where I live, La Jolla, California.****
>
> ** **
>
> The sign for La Jolla is similar to the sign for California, except the
> hand stays in one place while shaking… I just wrote it in the ASL
> SignPuddle Dictionary:****
>
> ** **
>
> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=4&sid=1995****
>
> ** **
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> What is the sign for YOUR city?****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
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> ** **
>
> Val ;-)****
>
>
> Valerie Sutton
> SignWriting List moderator
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> --
> Claudia S. Bianchini, PhD
> A.T.E.R. Licence SDL-LSF @ Univ. Poitiers (France)
> chiadu14 at gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=chiadu14@gmail.comt>
>
>

-- 
Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Oberlin College
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