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<DIV>The discussion on signing multiple speakers will enable Valerie to fold in, for all of us, the thing that started the whole Sign Writing movement, Dance Writing.</DIV>
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<DIV>Writing a ballet is writing a conversation in movement, sometimes with 50 dancers on stage. Ballet is a language in itself, a movement language, or a mime, but still a language, and all of the beauty of the dance enables us to take all of the beauty of a signed language in a multiple party context and write it.</DIV>
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<DIV>"He said angrily" does not become a distraction any more than <IMG alt=angry src="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-US/dict/sl/angry.png" align=middle border=0>. The facial expression carries all the meaning of "angry" which would be lost with just "he said". </DIV>
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<DIV>Multiple angry people holding a conversation may get a bit confusing with sorting out simultaneous movements, but one can certainly write it down. I envisioned this in my work in Brazil when I started trying to experiment with lanes myself. Didn't get very far and I ran out of time, but it would be a challenge.</DIV>
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<DIV><IMG alt=Carmen-Miranda-1 src="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-BR/dict/sl/Carmen-Miranda-1.png" align=middle border=0>Carmen Miranda (from Libras) here shows some possibilities. The body shifts for a single person signing can be expanded upon for multiple persons in conversation.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Honza <honza@ruce.cz></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi Tomas and everyone,<BR><BR>yes, you are right.... there is a mistake. My fault. Second handshape <BR>should be black...<BR><BR>Honza<BR><BR>Tomáš Klapka wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi Honza, I am not sure, but isn't there a mistake in your sign?<BR>> I think the second shape should be black. ;)<BR>> Tomas<BR>><BR>> Honza wrote:<BR>><BR>>> Hi list,<BR>>><BR>>> could you help me how to write this sign (attached) as one picture?<BR>>> I can't find movement fits to this sign.<BR>>><BR>>> thanks.<BR>>> it means last year<BR>>> Honza<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>>><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>