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It may be because a written system can never catch all the nuances of a
language. For instance, a signed song can be beautiful in it's
expression but that beauty is lost when writing it down. It's the
artistic sense of a language that is so difficult to capture.<br>
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Bill<br>
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Kimberley A. Shaw wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hello all:
this makes me think of an e-mail encounter I had with somebody Deaf the
other day, who felt that SignWriting is a "dis-service" to the signing
Deaf community ... and does not do justice to such a beautifully visual
method of expression! (???!!)
I am still trying to figure it out; are people afraid that if Sign gets
written down, that it will be taken over by the hearing world?
Puzzled HoH in Boston,
Kim
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a> on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 12:01 AM
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<pre wrap="">I'm sad to see that it was a few Deaf grads from Gallaudet who
expressed opposition to SW. Hopefully the deaf community in Malaysia
will have the opportunity to evaluate SW for themselves and not let a
few make a decision for the whole. The challenge for us (in any
community) is finding a way to help the majority have a chance to
experience SW for themselves and not allow a few to block their access.
I have seen some of that in my own sharing about SW. This is where it
is very important for those of us who are deaf to take the
responsibility to explain why we like it. That makes a difference.
Just an observation,
Stuart
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