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<DIV class=RTE><BR><BR><BR>>From: "eyasu tamene" <eyasuh@YAHOO.COM><BR>>Reply-To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>>To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>>Subject: Re: [sw-l] Deaf opposition to SW<BR>>Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:15:12 -0700 (PDT)<BR>><BR>>Dear Adam Frost<BR>><BR>>It is realy a controversical idea that comes to my mind everytime- Use of Sign Writing. I think it >is more better to know the effect (either posetive or negative) of Sign Writing in places whre it >is used as a Medium of Instruction. Isn't is? </DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Yes, it is. That is why Val have some of the programs that she has set up.</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>>But in places like my country Ethiopia, where the sign writing has not been reached, it is very >hard to guess its acceptance. </DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>SignWriting hasn't reached to a lot of people in the USA although it has more so than Ethiopia. The reason is that there are several who think that SignWriting will have a bad effect rather than a good. I have to keep telling people to try it before they make a judgement like that. </DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>>But I can guess, most people are ready for a change, having thier own writing system, sign >written text books it is interesting. I don't know about yours bur mine is there must be done a >Sociolinguistic Research after they become the useres of Sign Writing. What do you suggest?<BR>><BR>>Eyasu<BR>><BR><BR>That might be a good way to go about it. It is really hard to say what is the best way to go about it because I don't know too many Ethiopians, so I don't know what thier general additude to new things and changes are. I am sorry to say, but some of us Americans hide and run from change. It is really sad, I think.</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Adam (from California) ;-)<BR><BR>><BR>><BR>>Valerie Sutton <sutton@SignWriting.org> wrote:<BR>>SignWriting List<BR>>July 20, 2005<BR>><BR>>On Jul 20, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Adam Frost wrote:<BR>>I have actually done a research on this topic for a paper in school.<BR>>I found that most Deaf didn't like the idea of SW not mainly because<BR>>they feel that it can't capture the full aspect of the language<BR>>(although it is a strong argument that some have), but that SW would<BR>>cause hearing people to have a lessened view of ASL as a language,<BR>>and it would also separate Deaf from hearing people even more. I<BR>>personally don't agree with any of that (of course, or I wouldn't be<BR>>here now would I. LOL!)<BR>>-----------------<BR>><BR>>Adam and Everyone -<BR>><BR>>They are talking out of ignorance, Adam! I
believe it is a weak<BR>>argument. They obviously have not tried to learn SignWriting, and<BR>>they are against the new idea, without really learning it first. We<BR>>can write sooo much detail and capture the nuances of ASL far more<BR>>than either the IPA or written English captures spoken English...and<BR>>we are not hurting ASL to write it, only enhancing it...<BR>><BR>>The only criticism that I care about, are from those people who<BR>>really have taken the time to learn and use SignWriting - your<BR>>opinions matter because you know what you are talking about...but<BR>>anyone can criticize something they do not know, to avoid having to<BR>>take the trouble of learning it...There are still people who talk<BR>>against using computers, afterall, and it has been decades since<BR>>computers have come into everyday life here -<BR>><BR>>And I
know some smokers, who still argue there is no proof that it<BR>>can hurt your health...so some people do not like change and they are<BR>>afraid of it...<BR>><BR>>An article to read about this issue...<BR>><BR>>http://signwriting.org/about/questions/quest021.html<BR>><BR>><BR>>Val ;-)<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>---------------------------------<BR>>Yahoo! Mail for Mobile<BR>> Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.<BR></DIV></div></html>