<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>February 26, 2006</DIV><DIV> <BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 24, 2006, Eyasu Tamene from Ethiopia wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><STRONG style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; ">Dearest Val,</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV><DIV><STRONG style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"></FONT></STRONG> <STRONG style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; ">It has been so long I wrote to you. But I have been following each and every of your courses you have been giving. I am realy blessed being a member of this network, smile. I am also happy,even if, to write you just the day next to your birthday. I will say "Melkam Ledet" in my language and Happy Birthday. </SPAN></FONT></STRONG><STRONG style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; ">As you may remember for the past months, Stefan and me have been doing on Ethiopian Manual Alphabets(EMAs) I took so many pictures and Stefan did so many drawings. Finally we are on the way to finish our homework. I can tell you how much it is rewarding to work together with such a nice adviser, teacher, father- Stefan. </SPAN></FONT></STRONG><STRONG style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; ">He asked me how "Happy birthday is pronounced" in ESL. I got Birthday but "happy" needs to share from EMA which is not found in the symbol set. We want you have a look at to our last attempt. Attached there is a pdf file which contains all the 33 EMAs. Would you please say something on it. </SPAN></FONT></STRONG><STRONG style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; ">Best Regards, </SPAN></FONT></STRONG><STRONG style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; ">Eyasu</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></DIV><DIV>---------------------------------</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello Eyasu and Stefan!</DIV><DIV>THANK YOU for this very nice message, and for your hard work writing Ethiopian hand positions! The illustrations are beautiful, Stefan, and the photos are very helpful too, Eyasu! I will place the PDF document on the web, plus I will add the handshapes into the IMWA...the symbols in SignWriting that are in SignPuddle, SignText and SignBank...So you will hear from me as soon as the new symbols are there!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So happy to hear from you again, Eyasu, and thank you for your good wishes, and for following the List lessons!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I look forward to working with you to write Ethiopian Fingerspelling, and also Ethiopian Sign Language!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Many blessings,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A page from Eyasu's PDF document is attached:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN><IMG src="cid:CEA85DB9-31CB-4B30-98B4-EAE3784CA1A2@local"></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>