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<DIV><FONT size=2>Val, I've got impression you didn't get what I had meant.
I understand yours and Stefan's rule but I don't see any need for such a
rule for Polish Sign Language. Instead, I see a need to distinguish sign
language synonyms, of which one is for a proper name. Examples
attached.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>1. My family name means in English "of Long Meadow", so people
name me in PJM by a modified sign for LONG. Well, no line is needed
here.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>2. The sign for a CUP and for my friend Danka Mikulska is the
same, because her maiden name was Jakubowska, which sounded similar to "kubek".
So, the name Mikulska should be distinguished with the line.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Lucyna</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello Lucyna, Stefan, Ingvild - Everyone!</DIV>
<DIV>I don't know what to say, because I am not a teacher nor a linguist. I
have no opinion and I do not want to establish rules for writing ASL...I will
leave that to those who use ASL. It would be interesting to find out if ASL
users would want to underline the proper name AMERICA in the ASL
dictionary...</DIV>
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<DIV>If you look at the German SignPuddle on the web, Stefan and his team
underlined the names of cities and places in their dictionary...so that would
mean that America would be underlined too, following those rules...Here is an
example from the German SignPuddle...This appears to be a name of a state or
place...</DIV>
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