<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi Val, Kim, and Suzanne, I have loaded the alternate meanings of the two alphabetic signs into the UK sign puddle. </div><div><br></div><div>Charles Butler</div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Kimberley Shaw <skifoot@GMAIL.COM><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, April 13, 2010 9:48:48 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Seeking speaker of BSL<br></font><br>Hi Val and all:<br>tomorrow, I hope to grab time to SW these for the BSL puddle! Am<br>typing
from my phone at the moment.<br>Best,<br>Kim<br><br>On 4/12/10, SignWriting <<a ymailto="mailto:signwriting@mac.com" href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>> SignWriting List<br>> April 12, 2010<br>><br>> Suzanne and Kim -<br>> Can you write the signs you are discussing in SignWriting and post them to<br>> the List? I have no idea how to sign or write them and I would love to see<br>> the signs written -<br>><br>> Val ;-)<br>><br>> -------<br>><br>> On Apr 12, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Kimberley Shaw wrote:<br>><br>>> Thank you, Suzanne! This does give me a good reason to learn the<br>>> 2-handed alphabet, which is so different from the ASL (and LSF) one.<br>>> However, since the director asked for translation of "mom" and "dad",<br>>> rather than "mother" and "father", does BSL make this distinction? ASL<br>>> does - although the difference between the
more formal and more casual<br>>> signs can be subtle to new signers.<br>>> Best,<br>>> Kim<br>>><br>>> On 4/12/10, Suzanne pach <<a ymailto="mailto:Suzanne@bordvoorjekop.nl" href="mailto:Suzanne@bordvoorjekop.nl">Suzanne@bordvoorjekop.nl</a>> wrote:<br>>>> Hi Kim,<br>>>><br>>>> Mother and Father are usually signed as the letters M and<br>>>> F of the BSL-alphabet (which can be found in the BSL<br>>>> SignPuddle). And have have seen Dad being signed as the<br>>>> letter D.<br>>>><br>>>> Good luck!<br>>>><br>>>> Suzanne<br>>>><br>>>>> Thank you, Val!<br>>>>> I'll forward these links to the director. It would be<br>>>>> weird<br>>>>> transcribing anything that's in a signed language I don't<br>>>>> know ... but<br>>>>> I'll give it a go, and will trust
in the power if wiki<br>>>>> that if I get<br>>>>> it very wrong, some BSL speaker will improve on it.<br>>>>> :)<br>>>>> Best,<br>>>>> Kim<br>>>>><br>>>>> On 4/12/10, SignWriting <<a ymailto="mailto:signwriting@mac.com" href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>>>> SignWriting List<br>>>>>> April 12, 2010<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Hello Kim!<br>>>>>> I am not a BSL signer, however, on the web, there are<br>>>>>> video dictionaries.<br>>>>>> For example, if you visit this site:<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> <a href="http://www.signstation.org/signstation_dictionary/showUserHomePage.do" target="_blank">http://www.signstation.org/signstation_dictionary/showUserHomePage.do</a><br>>>>>><br>>>>>>
or<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> <a href="http://www.signstation.org/dictionaries.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.signstation.org/dictionaries.shtml</a><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> you can find signs in BSL...<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> but they require that you register...but it is free I<br>>>>>> believe - I would<br>>>>>> assume they have the signs you need, and then it would<br>>>>>> be great if you would<br>>>>>> write them in the BSL SignPuddle for us!<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Good luck with your project!<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Val ;-)<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> ---------<br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Kimberley Shaw
wrote:<br>>>>>><br>>>>>>> Hello all:<br>>>>>>> the director of a play on my campus needs to know, and<br>>>>>>> quite soon:<br>>>>>>> how do you sign "mom" and "dad" in BSL? I see "father"<br>>>>>>> in the BLS<br>>>>>>> puddle, but not "mother", and don't know how much<br>>>>>>> different from<br>>>>>>> either of those the more casual mom/dad would be.<br>>>>>>> If someone can add these to Puddle quickly, the actors<br>>>>>>> and director<br>>>>>>> would be very, very glad!<br>>>>>>> Best of luck with the email migration, a very big<br>>>>>>> change, that ...<br>>>>>>> Kim from
Boston<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br>><br>><br><br></div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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