<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>March 23, 2012</div><div><br></div><div>Hello Roman, Eduardo, Stefan...</div><div><br></div><div>This is wonderful. I have copied the two signs for URUGUAY from the Argentinian SignPuddle dictionary to the Uruguayan SignPuddle dictionary…</div><div><br></div><div>So now there are two signs in your Uruguayan SignPuddle dictionary, Eduardo -</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.6/index.php?ui=5&sgn=143">http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.6/index.php?ui=5&sgn=143</a></div><div><br></div><div>If the signs are not the same in Uruguay, you can change the way they are written and re-save them in your SignPuddle...</div><div><br></div><div>Here are the two signs Roman showed us:</div><div><br></div><div><img height="310" width="208" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="8db9acda-9421-4a5d-9ace-0f886f5b7603" src="cid:522320E4-6855-4C39-89B0-E977911FAF88"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 23, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Roman Caceres wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Valerie!<br>In Argentina we use two different signs for Uruguay but, I am not sure if it is the same sign used in Uruguay. If you want to see them, search "Uruguay" in the Argentine dictionary.<br>I hope this is useful,<br>Roman<br><br><br>On 3/23/12 1:59 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">SignWriting List<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">March 23, 2012<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hello Eduardo!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Just as Stefan asked below, we need to know the sign for URUGUAY.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I need it so I can make an icon for your country in SignPuddle, in the directory area of SignPuddle.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Does anyone know the sign for URUGUAY?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">How does the sign move, and what handshape does it use?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Stefan mentioned a U handshape?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Val ;-)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">SignWriting List<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">March 22, 2012<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hello Eduardo, Stefan and everyone -<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">WELCOME, Eduardo, to the SignWriting List and world-wide community of signwriters…<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I am so happy that Stefan Woehrmann, from Germany, welcomed you, since Stefan is one of the most skilled teachers of SignWriting. You can read about Stefan's work on our SignWriting web site:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">SignWriting in Germany<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/germany/">http://www.signwriting.org/germany/</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">And yes, Stefan, I did already tell Eduardo and Steve that I plan to create a SignPuddle for Uruguay…I am, as always, running late, but it is coming Eduardo…smile...<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">So until it is ready, you are welcome to start using the ASL dictionary SignPuddle file, and then we can transfer your signs into the Uruguay SignPuddle dictionary as soon as it is ready -<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">So if you want to start to write, Eduardo, go to:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">American Sign Language Dictionary SignPuddle<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=4">http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=4</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">and scroll down and register and login with a username and password<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Register first. Then close the file and open it again and Login with the username and password so the signs you write are yours to change and edit…<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Tell us the signs you write by placing your name in the Source area of the entry. I know this is very new for you. But do not worry, it will all become very easy soon…with everyone's help -<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">we are like a big family, so do not hesitate to ask questions -<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I have to do an errand for my immediate family and then I am back to work on the following:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">1. Preparing the entire Book of Mark in ASL for posting on the web, completed by Ronald Dettloff's Shores Deaf Church - great work that must be posted…<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">2. Preparing the Uruguay SignPuddle Dictionary and Literature files<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">3. Getting a listing of all of the schools using SignWriting right now that I know of -<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">So Ron, Eduardo, Andre and Maria - your work is on my list of To-Dos ;-)<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">And thank you, Stefan, for teaching Eduardo and for helping - congrats on your enormous accomplishment in Hamburg -<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Val ;-)<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">------<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hello Eduardo and welcome to our SignWriting family all over the world.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Well to learn to read and write the ABC of the Sign Language in Uruguay<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">should not be a difficult task - smile<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">What we need to support you in doing so is a reference Video - that shows<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the performance of these hand shapes. Do you know of a internet - video that<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">shows the ABC in your Sign Language?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Do we already have a SignPuddle Dictionary for Uruguay.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Perhaps you can ask Valerie .... smile!<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">It will take some time to become a good scribe but it is so easy to learn to<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">read SignWriting. There are already some very good tutorials, teaching<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">material...<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">The best way is to start with well known signs (numbers, letter, country<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">signs, signs that explain themselves - to swim, to smoke, to sleep, house, )<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Just start to ask questions following the rule: one email - one question --<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">All the best and a wonderful start with this amazing invention of Valerie<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Sutton!<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">What is the indigenous sign for "Uruguay" - just hand shape "U" or<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">additional rotation movement?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Stefan<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Von: SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">[mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU] Im Auftrag von Eduardo Trápani<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. März 2012 17:01<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">An: <a href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Betreff: Beginner in Uruguayan Sign Language<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hi!<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I've been taking classes for only three weeks, so you can safely<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">consider me a total beginner in Sign Language. I'd like to use<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">SignWriting for taking notes and to contribute at least the signs for<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the alphabet in our language.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I work as software localizer and SignWriting is also very interesting<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">from that point of view. I hope to keep on learning about it from the<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">existing documentation and the exchanges on the list.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Cheers, Eduardo.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>Gracia y Paz,<br>Roman<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>