<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Seeking speaker of BSL</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content='text/html;
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Adam
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:34:38 -0700, SignWriting <signwriting@MAC.COM>
wrote:
> SignWriting List
> April 12, 2010
>
> Suzanne and Kim -
> Can you write the signs you are discussing in SignWriting and post them to
> the List? I have no idea how to sign or write them and I would love to see
> the signs written -
>
> Val ;-)
>
> -------
>
> On Apr 12, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Kimberley Shaw wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Suzanne! This does give me a good reason to learn the
>> 2-handed alphabet, which is so different from the ASL (and LSF) one.
>> However, since the director asked for translation of "mom" and "dad",
>> rather than "mother" and "father", does BSL make this distinction? ASL
>> does - although the difference between the more formal and more casual
>> signs can be subtle to new signers.
>> Best,
>> Kim
>>
>> On 4/12/10, Suzanne pach <Suzanne@bordvoorjekop.nl> wrote:
>>> Hi Kim,
>>>
>>> Mother and Father are usually signed as the letters M and
>>> F of the BSL-alphabet (which can be found in the BSL
>>> SignPuddle). And have have seen Dad being signed as the
>>> letter D.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> Suzanne
>>>
>>>> Thank you, Val!
>>>> I'll forward these links to the director. It would be
>>>> weird
>>>> transcribing anything that's in a signed language I don't
>>>> know ... but
>>>> I'll give it a go, and will trust in the power if wiki
>>>> that if I get
>>>> it very wrong, some BSL speaker will improve on it.
>>>> :)
>>>> Best,
>>>> Kim
>>>>
>>>> On 4/12/10, SignWriting <signwriting@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>> SignWriting List
>>>>> April 12, 2010
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Kim!
>>>>> I am not a BSL signer, however, on the web, there are
>>>>> video dictionaries.
>>>>> For example, if you visit this site:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.signstation.org/signstation_dictionary/showUserHomePage.do
>>>>>
>>>>> or
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.signstation.org/dictionaries.shtml
>>>>>
>>>>> you can find signs in BSL...
>>>>>
>>>>> but they require that you register...but it is free I
>>>>> believe - I would
>>>>> assume they have the signs you need, and then it would
>>>>> be great if you would
>>>>> write them in the BSL SignPuddle for us!
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck with your project!
>>>>>
>>>>> Val ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Kimberley Shaw wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all:
>>>>>> the director of a play on my campus needs to know, and
>>>>>> quite soon:
>>>>>> how do you sign "mom" and "dad" in BSL? I see "father"
>>>>>> in the BLS
>>>>>> puddle, but not "mother", and don't know how much
>>>>>> different from
>>>>>> either of those the more casual mom/dad would be.
>>>>>> If someone can add these to Puddle quickly, the actors
>>>>>> and director
>>>>>> would be very, very glad!
>>>>>> Best of luck with the email migration, a very big
>>>>>> change, that ...
>>>>>> Kim from Boston
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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