<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>September 13, 2005</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello Charles -</DIV><DIV>Yes. Of course it could be under USA. I used to have it under that....And the term Arabic Nations has also been controversial, but that is what Mohammed requested and it at least explains it when you go to the Arabic section, that he is talking about 9 nations I believe.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Regarding the international term for the American continents.... technically we are talking about "the Americas" versus "America". The truth is that many people around the world, when they say America, they are talking about the US, but when they say North America or South America or Central America, or the Americas, they are talking about the continents...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But I can change that if you feel it is not politically correct...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>American Sign Language however, is used in several countries and that is a name of a language and not a country...so that is a separate issue...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Sep 13, 2005, at 1:44 PM, Charles Butler wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Query, I'm not sure how people feel, but even though it is American Sign Language, shouldn't the "who uses sign" indicate USA, not America, as opposed to Canada, Mexico, etc. America applies to two continents, not one country. In other countries we are "United States", "Estados Unidos" or "the States" but not "America" unless it is "Bush's America". </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Charles Butler</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <<A href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class="replbq" style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting List<BR>September 13, 2005<BR><BR><BR>SIGNWRITING LINKS<BR><BR>ABOUT<BR><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/about">http://www.SignWriting.org/about</A><BR><BR>ANSWERS to Questions<BR>http://signwriting.org/about/questions/questions.html<BR><BR>ARCHIVE<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/archive<BR><BR>ASL Dictionary<BR>http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-US<BR><BR>DICTIONARIES for 39 Countries<BR>http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle<BR><BR>CARDS<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/cards<BR><BR>CATALOG<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/catalog<BR><BR>DOWNLOADS<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/downloads<BR><BR>FORUMS<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/forums<BR><BR>HISTORY<BR>http://www.signwriting.org/library/history<BR><BR>INFORMATION PACKET<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/about/info<BR><BR>LESSONS<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/lessons<BR><BR>LIBRARY<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/library<BR><BR>SEARCH<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/search<BR>SW LIST<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist<BR><BR>WEB SITES<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/about/web<BR><BR><BR>------------------------<BR><BR><BR>SignWriting Teacher's Forum<BR>...feedback from teachers & students...<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/teachers/teachers.html<BR><BR><BR>SignWriting Sponsor's Forum<BR>...donating to schools for the Deaf...<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors/sponsors.html<BR><BR><BR>SignWriting Research Forum<BR>...abstracts, papers & published research...<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/research/research.html<BR><BR><BR>SignWriting Software Forum<BR>...computer programs using SignWriting...<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/software/software.html<BR><BR><BR>SignWriting Linguistic Forum<BR>...linguistic issues about SignWriting...<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/linguistics/linguistics.html<BR><BR><BR>SignWriting List Forum<BR>...messages from the SignWriting List...<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist<BR><BR><BR>------------------------<BR><BR><BR><BR>Val ;-)<BR><BR>Valerie Sutton<BR>Sutton@SignWriting.org<BR><BR>1. SignWritingSite<BR>http://www.SignWriting.org<BR>Read & Write Sign Languages<BR><BR>2. SignBankSite<BR>http://www.SignBank.org<BR>Sign Language Dictionaries<BR><BR>3. DanceWritingSite<BR>http://www.DanceWriting.org<BR>Read & Write Dance<BR><BR>4. MovementWritingSite<BR>http://www.MovementWriting.org<BR>Read & Write Movement & Gesture<BR><BR>5. SymbolBank On The Web<BR>www.MovementWriting.org/symbolbank<BR>Archive For All Symbols<BR><BR>Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting<BR>Center For Sutton Movement Writing<BR>an educational nonprofit organization<BR>Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA<BR>tel: 858-456-0098....fax: 858-456-0020<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>