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<DIV>It is in the EMA, and I am readily in touch with him. He put it in the SignPuddle to begin with. I am going through and fixing the ones that had been put in as compounds that are now single characters in IMWA 2010.</DIV>
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<DIV>I refer to your chart all the time, but when handshapes are combinations of others with extra fingers, they may or may not be in the IMWA 2010. To search for them in Frequency brings them up by the primary handshape but you can't find them as a freestanding handshape alone. </DIV>
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<DIV>So if that handshape is going to rotate, it all has to be done by hand if you are producing it on computer.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am editing Lessons In Sign Writing for an Ethiopian audience, so we are having to systematically go through every handshape, and ensure we put it in the right Group for teaching. </DIV>
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<DIV>Charles</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Stefan Wöhrmann <stefanwoehrmann@GOOGLEMAIL.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> Thu, February 24, 2011 9:36:58 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Query on Handshape<BR></FONT><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi Charles, hello Eyasu ...</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">just curious. Do you know that Eyasu Tamene from the University of Addis Ababa/Ethiopia worked so hard to create the EMA </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs6/sw0579_ET_DE_SignWritingReport2009.pdf</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Perhaps the hand shape you are looking for is part of the table? </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Stefan ;-) </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Von:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> SignWriting List : Read and Write Sign Languages [mailto: SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU ] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Im Auftrag von </SPAN></B>Charles Butler<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Gesendet:</SPAN></B> Donnerstag, 24. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Februar 2011 15:12<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">An:</SPAN></B> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Betreff:</SPAN></B> Query on Handshape</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In going through Ethiopian sign language, I found another handshape, this time a variant on the thumb (ASL T) with the index finger on the middle finger on top of the T.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I cannot find it in ISWA 10, and it is an essential part of the language. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Again, manipulation by computer will be difficult.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Here you go. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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