<div>Kim, you should point out to them that Oberlin conservatory uses Dance Writing all the time, so what about sign language isn't a written language?</div> <div> </div> <div>Charles<BR><BR><B><I>Kimberley Shaw <skifoot@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>Hello all:</DIV> <DIV>please sign me up, too -- I know I'll need to have better hand-writing skills when I begin that college-level ASL course later on this month! I tend to take lots of notes during class, but the teachers don't expect anybody to be taking notes (since it "is not a written language", feh) and so Signwritten "chicken scratch" is what my class notebooks usually end up looking like. </DIV> <DIV>Yes, Shane, trying to read the old German Schrift feels exactly like peering at chicken scratches so far's I'm concerned! Very aesthetic chickens though; the old handwriting can be very
beautiful.</DIV> <DIV>-- Kim from Boston<BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 1/4/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Valerie Sutton</B> <<A href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">SignWriting List<BR>January 4, 2007<BR><BR>Charles Butler wrote:<BR>> If you can read this, I can sign up, too. Dont' know how much I <BR>> will be able to contribute, but I'd love to learn more. (Quick<BR>> chicken stratch using my mouse)<BR><BR>Hello Charles!<BR>Yes...I can read this...so I have placed your name on the Handwriting<BR>course list... <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Participants already signed up:<BR><BR>1. Adam Frost<BR>2. Stefan Woehrmann<BR>3. Tini Pel<BR>4. Kelly Jo Boal<BR>5. Cherie Wren<BR>6. Stuart Thiessen<BR>7. Charles Butler<BR><BR><BR>Val
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