<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><DIV>On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:35 AM, eyasu tamene wrote:</DIV><DIV><STRONG style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#BF00BF" face="comic sans ms">The very interesting thing is that the complexiety that each of the alphabets have- to put them in sign writing. Thus what would you advise me in order to get available the signs which are not available in ASL sign writing to get them in ESL- Inventing, Taking the approximate ones or....?</FONT></STRONG></DIV><DIV><STRONG style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#BF00BF" face="Comic Sans MS">With Lot of Thanks</FONT></STRONG></DIV><DIV><STRONG style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#BF00BF" face="Comic Sans MS">Eyasu</FONT></STRONG></DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><DIV>Hello Eyasu...</DIV><DIV>First, look at the ASL SignPuddle to learn how to write the ASL manual alphabet and then add those into the Ethiopian SignPuddle. Then, once that is all done, show us some illustrations of some of the other manual alphabet positions that you use in your language and then we can try to write that together here on the SW List...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I looked in your SignPuddle and this sign (see attached ) is not readable for other SignWriting users right now...Can you explain in words what you are trying to write?...smile...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><IMG src="cid:A5FAE730-B9C2-4023-A446-B7F31C34E5FD@local"></DIV></BODY></HTML>