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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Manfred,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So good to read that you were involved in Ballet,
as well with the Benesh notation. I went through the Laban, (slow!!!!!!)
Benesh( faster but not as easy to read) and then into Sutton Dance Notation.
What a difference. I could sit behind a choreographer and speed notate. After
having taught it to our students they too benefited from Valerie's work as they
could take their notation home and study their parts for performances
and exams.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh were are my manners, my name is Tini Pel. I have
taught ballet for 37 years, retired from it and now very much involved in Sign
Writing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have a wonderful day.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>L.I.F.E. (Learning Is Fun Eh) Eh, is a
Canadian expression.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tini.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ManfredSailer@AOL.COM href="mailto:ManfredSailer@AOL.COM">Manfred
Sailer</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=SW-L@ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
href="mailto:SW-L@ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA">SW-L@ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 21, 2004 5:27 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> introducing myself to sw-l</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=2 face=Arial size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Dear SWList members,<BR><BR>Valery suggested
that I should make use of the fact that I am having problems receiving
messages from the list to try whether I can post to the list --- and to
introduce myself to all of you. <BR><BR>My name is Manfred Sailer. I am a 35
year old hearing linguist at the university of Tuebingen, Southern Germany
(formal syntax and semantics, computational linguistics). I started learning
German Sign Language (DGS) in October 2002 - just for fun and because I
thought it would be good for a linguist to know a sign language. After looking
around for writing systems for DGS a while, I decided that it would be worth
the effort to learn SignWriting., because it looked like a system which is
really actively used. … and there is so much great material which makes it
easy to get started! Material about the system in general and, especially for
DGS, Stefan Woehrmann's site. I was really amazed how easy it was to get the
basics of the system and to carry on from that - thanks to Valery's fantastic
course book and to Stefan's huge DGS dictionary for sw dos! <BR>At the moment
I am mainly using SignWriting to write down vocabulary I learn in my DGS
classes. It's a lot of fun to learn this beautiful language and to be able to
write it down! <BR><BR>I have been on the SWList for quite a while by now
(since November 03) and have followed the contributions with great interest.
Since I am not working on sign languages, I don't have much to contribute
myself, though. Still, I wanted to use the occasion to say that I am deeply
impressed by all the work on SignWriting and by the supportive and cooperative
community!<BR><BR>
Manfred.<BR><BR>PS: isn't it funny: before I decided to become a linguist, I
had been trained in classical ballet for more than 10 years (which also
included a basic introduction to the Benesh dance notation system). So I can
really appreciate all aspects of the Sutton writing
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