<DIV>Hi Lucy,</DIV>
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<DIV>This also happens in Flemish Sign Language (and I assume in many other sign languages). </DIV>
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<DIV>The sign used by many Flemish Deaf for "Vienna" is identical to the Flemish sign "to cry, weep". "to cry" and "vienna" both translate as "wenen" in Dutch, hence the identical sign. </DIV>
<DIV>(Have a look at <A href="http://gebaren.ugent.be/alfabet.php?id=19319">http://gebaren.ugent.be/alfabet.php?id=19319</A>. There you can see the sign the Flemish use for "Vienna".)</DIV>
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<DIV>It happens with other name signs as well.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Katrien</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Lucyna Dlugolecka <deafie@gmx.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>Me:<BR>Your explanation is very interesting. We the Poles use another sign for <BR>CZECH. We use the gesture for combing the hair. It is because 'to comb' <BR>means 'czesac' in Polish, and 'czesac' is similar to 'czeski' ('Czech').<BR><BR>Lucy<BR><BR><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