<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>March 27, 2013</div><div><br></div><div>Dear SW List:</div><div>Recently a Deaf guest from Ireland, Shane Gilchrist, visited us here in La Jolla, and suddenly there were Deaf friends visiting in my home, from all over San Diego!</div><div><br></div><div>It was a lot of fun for me in particular, because I have been a bit isolated here - </div><div><br></div><div>I learned a few signs that were new to me. One of them is the name of the city where I live, La Jolla, California.</div><div><br></div><div>The sign for La Jolla is similar to the sign for California, except the hand stays in one place while shaking… I just wrote it in the ASL SignPuddle Dictionary:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=4&sid=1995">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=4&sid=1995</a></div><div><br></div><div><img height="229" width="160" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="0470deca-d8da-4cae-92e1-7f79bec63781" src="cid:8B67EA62-DEF3-4EFE-8C9A-2B4937C97869"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>What is the sign for YOUR city?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div><br>Valerie Sutton<br>SignWriting List moderator<br><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a><br><br>Post Messages to the SignWriting List:<br>sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu<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.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1</div></div></body></html>