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<P>Hello Thierry and list,</P>
<P>I've seen a lot of signing about you Thierry, and soon we will meet ;) </P>
<P>Meanwhile take as many signs as you want from the Flemish Signpuddle. It was funny to see signs we created in the French Belgian Signpuddle. :) We'll do the same when you create new signs in the French Belgian Signpuddle ;)</P>
<P>About the signs for the different countries. I can imagine we also have different signs in the French part of Belgium for Belgian city's. How do you make a difference between native signs (from the country itself) and local signs (the ones we use here)? Are you ok with adopting the native sign? Because I think there should be a difference. Both signs should be saved..Maybe we can make a deal with Signpuddle editors to put native signs in the international signpuddle? And local signs in our own Signpuddle?</P>
<P>For instance: how do you Sign Mechelen/Malines?</P>
<P><IMG align=middle alt=Mechelen border=0 src="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-BE-nl/dict/sl/Mechelen.png"> This is the Flemish sign. Is it the same in LSFB?</P>
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<P>Greetings Kathleen</P>
<P>Au revoir mes amis ;)</P>
<P>(I do understand some French ;) Mostly listening and reading, using it to express myself is a lot harder ;)</P>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"Thierry Haesenne" <thierry.haesenne@ilmh.be></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</I><BR>To: <I>SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</I><BR>Subject: <I>[sw-l] Signs for different countries</I><BR>Date: <I>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:01:21 +0200 (CEST)</I><BR>
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<P>Hello everyone, </P>
<P>I am currently drawing a Sign Writing database for different countries in the
<DIV></DIV>world... I still need some signs, and apart from those I could find on the Sign Puddles, I cannot find :
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<P>Europe : Lietchenstein, San Marino, Macedonia</P>
<P>Asia : Tadjikistan, Kyrgizstan, Mongolia,
<DIV></DIV>Chechnya, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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<P>Americas : Salvador, Jamaica</P>
<P>Middle-East : Yemen, Oman, Bahrein,
<DIV></DIV>United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras-al-Fujairah, etc.),
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<P>Africa : Libya + the Black African
<DIV></DIV>countries, ie : Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Botswana, Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Zimbabwe, Tanzania,
<DIV></DIV>Guinea, Swaziland, Mozambique, Namibia, etc.
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<P>It would be better if the signs were the national signs
<DIV></DIV>used in these countries, if you happen to know them... <BR><BR>I will put all the country signs on the
<DIV></DIV>French Belgian Sign Puddle when I get some time to do it... For those who are interested, I managed to get :
<DIV></DIV>Qatar, Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, etc. thanks to my travelling... Some signs that
<DIV></DIV>will be on the Sign Puddle will be the signs used in French-speaking Belgium and not those used in these
<DIV></DIV>countries...
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<P>So far, I have imported all the relevant signs from the Flemish, French and French-Swiss
<DIV></DIV>Sign Puddles. Hope their authors don't feel that I have been stealing their hard work!!! Now, I have to put
<DIV></DIV>all the signs that Bruno and myself created over the last few weeks (about 1200 more signs to be added
<DIV></DIV>soon...)
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<P>Thanks a lot, </P>
<P>Thierry</P>
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