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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Valerie Sutton <sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG><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> Mon, February 7, 2011 1:18:20 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: QUESTION: Can we write left-handed signing?<BR></FONT><BR>SignWriting List<BR>February 7, 2011<BR><BR>In France, Juliette Dalle, a teacher of Deaf children, has done research teaching Deaf children SignWriting, using color to mark the right and left hand. Recently, Shane found a link for a video featuring Juliette presenting her research...Here it is:<BR><BR>http://www.curiosphere.tv/video-documentaire/42-citoyennete/104984-reportage-lsf-lexperimentation-du-sign-writing<BR><BR>Thank you, Juliette, for this video!<BR><BR>and thanks again Shane, for finding it for us -<BR><BR>Val ;-)<BR><BR>--------<BR><BR><BR><BR>On Feb 7, 2011, at
10:09 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:<BR><BR>> SignWriting List<BR>> February 7, 2011<BR>> <BR>> QUESTION:<BR>> <BR>> On Feb 2, 2011:<BR>>> Hello!<BR>>> There is one thing I was wondering about ; I « sign » with my left hand, and the the writing is made for right handed persons. I haven't read enough to know if the inversion in writing can pose a problem in the understanding. As a left handed person I would, for example,automatically inverse the place of the dark side on the drawing on the hand « flat » : I would put It on the left side rather than on the right side. I would also, on the drawing of the hand with finger, put the stick representing the thumb on the right side. It trouble me much when I »m trynig to learn. Is the inversion accepted?<BR>>> I go on descovering the Sign Writing. I will surely rewrite. Have an nice day!<BR>> <BR>> ---------<BR>> <BR>> ANSWER:<BR>> <BR>> Thank you for this
message and your question....<BR>> <BR>> Go right ahead and write left-handed signing - no problem!<BR>> <BR>> It is accepted to write either way.<BR>> <BR>> Writing left-handed signing or right-handed signing - BOTH can be written in SignWriting and there is no problem reading it...<BR>> <BR>> Just as there is no problem in real life...when you look at a left-handed signer or a right-handed signer - we can all understand each other, whether we are signing to each other, or reading it in SignWriting...<BR>> <BR>> In our formal SignWriting documents, we choose to write right-handed signing, because most signers are right handed, so that is our standard way of publishing...but we do have some publications written in left handed signing -<BR>> <BR>> Right now you notice this more, because you are new to SignWriting, but later it will become less important until you get used to reading it either way -<BR>> <BR>> I
have more to tell you about left-handed and right-handed signing next message...<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Val ;-)<BR>> <BR>> Valerie Sutton<BR>> SignWriting List moderator<BR>> <A href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" ymailto="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</A><BR>> <BR>> Post Messages to the SignWriting List:<BR>> <A href="mailto:sw-l@listserv.valenciacc.edu" ymailto="mailto:sw-l@listserv.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@listserv.valenciacc.edu</A><BR>> <BR>> SignWriting List Archives & Home Page<BR>> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist<BR>> <BR>> Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages<BR>> http://listserv.valenciacc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1<BR>> <BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>