<div>it<BR>is hard to get US people to even look at SignWriting because it is<BR>from their own country...and that is not as glamorous as something <BR>from another country...that is just human nature ;-)</div> <div> </div> <div>"So tell them it was invented in Denmark, and start all the presentations with Danish Sign Language". That would get an interesting reaction.</div> <div> </div> <div>Charles</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa <shane.gilchrist.oheorpa@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Val,<BR><BR>many deafies play the race card by pointing it out "Oh it was invented by a hearing woman!"<BR><BR>Have u spoken to someone at CSD Riverside yet about introducing Written ASL etc? Ask if they can do a wee research project or something like that - you need to get your feet inside one of the great deaf schools of the USA such as
Riverside, Fremot, Frederick so on. <BR><BR>Any deaf schools in San Diego?<BR><BR>Shane<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/1/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Valerie Sutton</B> <<A href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org </A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">SignWriting List<BR>June 1, 2006<BR><BR>Charles Butler wrote:<BR>> That's why I'm thinking at least a year out, with people coming <BR>> from all over, not just the DC area, and truly try to launch a<BR>> national user's group to focus on ASL as well as truly having a<BR>> representative showing of multiple signed languages (something that<BR>> was missing from Deaf Way II, to the complaint of many from Brazil,<BR>> Columbia, Panama, and other South American and Central American<BR>> delegates.)<BR><BR>Wonderful, Charles. Good luck with forming a US
organizing committee! <BR>Keep us informed...<BR><BR>Other countries use SignWriting more than we do in the United States,<BR>so encouraging people from the United States to participate would be<BR>great...<BR><BR>Of course there is always interest from other countries to enjoy <BR>visiting Gallaudet and attending the SW Symposium while they are in<BR>Washington DC anyway, but I hope some US people will attend too...it<BR>is hard to get US people to even look at SignWriting because it is<BR>from their own country...and that is not as glamorous as something <BR>from another country...that is just human nature ;-)<BR><BR>Val ;-)<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>