<DIV>Hi Val,</DIV>
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<DIV>Your icon is correct; the Flemish Lion is Flanders' symbol :-) The sign for "Flemish Sign Language" or "Vlaamse Gebarentaal" is indeed not included in our dictionary. It is shown, however, in the intro film. Kristof starts by signing : "Hello. Welcome to the Flemish Sign Language dictionary". The sign you are using now, Val, seems to refer to the 'older' name of Flemish Sign Language, being "Flemish-Belgian Sign Language". Anyway, I haven't got the sign in SignWriting on my laptop. But I'm sure Kathleen will be happy to send it to you once more :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Katrien</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <sutton@signwriting.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting List<BR>December 14, 2004<BR><BR>Katrien Van Mulders wrote:<BR>> You should check the text I sent you on 'the Flemish Deaf Community' <BR>> (the one you recently placed on the website); in it I explain the <BR>> change of the name of the sign language used in Flanders :-) I have no <BR>> idea why the Walloon one is still called "Langue des Signes Belgique <BR>> Francophone". I recently met the Deaf founder of a/the Walloon <BR>> interpreter's service and could ask him. I have no idea whether they <BR>> are working with SignWriting or are interested in doing so. I think <BR>> Kathleen can more easily answer these questions for you.<BR><BR>Hello Everyone and Katrien -<BR>Your write up is an excellent one:<BR><BR>About the Flemish Deaf Community<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/belgium/flemishdict02.html<BR><BR>It explains, at the end, that !
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Community in Flanders prefers <BR>the name "Flemish Sign Language"...So this means that my icon is <BR>correct, as far as the flag and the English words for the name of the <BR>language (see attached)...but then I had problems finding the sign for:<BR><BR>Vlaamse Gebarentaal<BR><BR>in your Flemish Sign Language Dictionary online...I looked in the <BR>dictionary and couldn't find it...I believe Kathleen sent me the sign, <BR>but I couldn't find it! So I need someone to send it to me again and I <BR>can fix the sign if it is not the correct one...Val ;-)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>> ATTACHMENT part 2 image/jpeg name=Flanders2.jpg; x-mac-type=4A504547; x-unix-mode=0644; x-mac-creator=3842494D<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com