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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi there Nana,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When Sign Writing was first invented and published,
it was written left to right in rows, following the "English writing"
method. Then one day, the Deaf in the Sign Writing office began to write
vertically, and a whole bunch of things became apparent. One could more
easily distinguish left from right, and the "visual center" of a sign.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, it harked back to when Valerie first invented
the system and she was writing it on stenography rolls. It comes out
looking like a slide show down the page. In some ways, it also shows that
Sign Writing is truly writing signs as a separate language from the spoken
language. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Those of you in Asia are used to seeing Chinese
characters written in this fashion, we in the West have not, but because
computer programs are set up the way they are, at the moment the Sign Writer 4.4
is still horizontal when you type into it. I am sure that with upgrades
the "vertical sign" system will probably be preferred. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The horizontal system is good when you are trying
to show a gloss with a spoken language (word for word), but the vertical system
is, in my opinion, better when you are trying to show the sign language by
itself.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Charles</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:nana.dumitra@SCHLOSSKLAUS.AT"
title=nana.dumitra@SCHLOSSKLAUS.AT>Nana Dumitra</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:SW-L@admin.humberc.on.ca"
title=SW-L@admin.humberc.on.ca>SW-L@admin.humberc.on.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 19, 2003 6:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Writing in Columns versus in
Rows</DIV>
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SW List,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailFormatvorlage16><FONT color=black
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">While
going through some SW materials, I found both writing in rows and in columns.
Does anyone know why that is so? Is this just preference or is there some
„higher“ meaning behind it? What is used more
often?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">A
curious „SignWritingBaby“,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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