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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi everyone!</span></font></b></strong><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I read SW
Spanish and SW German textbooks. Also, I read a SW Brazilian Portuguese
magazine. I noticed that authors are used to write from left to right,
not from top to bottom. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span
id="lw_1166121583_0">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> authors are used to
write from top to bottom. I once read that according to SW </span></font></b></strong><span
class=spelle><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>members,</span></font></b></span><strong><b><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial'> it is
easier to read from top to bottom.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
want to share this </span></font></b><span class=grame><b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>with you</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>: I met </span></font></b><span class=grame><b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>a young</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> hearing woman who is a native Chinese who moved to <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span id="lw_1166121583_1">Canada</span></st1:place></st1:country-region>.
I asked her to read a Chinese language from top to bottom. She <span
class=GramE>answered <span class=grame><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>:</span></font></span></span> "No, this
Chinese language is now read from left to right, not anymore from top to
bottom." I then asked her: "Why did this Chinese language stop
to be read from top to </span></font></b><span class=grame><b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>bottom?" </span></font></b></span><b><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>She <span class=GramE>replied <span class=grame><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>:</span></font></span></span>
"It was very hard to read it from top to bottom with many vertical
columns in a book. It is easier to read it from left to right in a
book." She said that it is easier to read one, two or three vertical
column(s), but not 10 vertical columns. She knew that this specific
old Chinese <span class=GramE>language</span> was read from top to
bottom and had many vertical columns. But it has
changed: it is now read from left to right and has many
horizontal lines. But, I do not know if it is true.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
checked this and I found that most <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> <span class=spelle>children</span>
stories use from one to four vertical column(s). Also, I wanted to
check the books (i.e. more than 50 pages). The SW textbooks based on a
bilingual language (sign language and spoken language) exist from left to
right. It seems to me that only <span class=spelle>SW</span> books
based on monolingual (i.e. sign language only) read from top to bottom and
with more than 10 vertical columns do not exist. But I may be
wrong. I'm asking everyone if you have a SW book only based on a sign
language (i.e. without using a spoken language) and which is read from top to bottom
and has more than 10 vertical </span></font></b><span class=grame><b><font
size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>columns?</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
would also like to ask a question only to native Chinese SW <span class=spelle>members:</span> Is
it true that a Chinese language is </span></font></b><span class=grame><b><font
size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>now </span></font></b></span><b><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>read and written from left to right</span></font></b><span class=grame><b><font
size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>?</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=grame><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>André Thibeault<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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