Here's a photo of the sign. How would you suggest I write it. Scribing has never been my strong suit :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Stefan Wöhrmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stefanwoehrmann@gebaerdenschrift.de" target="_blank">stefanwoehrmann@gebaerdenschrift.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Hi Erika, <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy" lang="EN-GB">well I cannot perform
that ;-( although I have an idea what you want to show – but right hand up
there is the horizontal line of hand and lower arm - nothing that can be rest
on the left palm ???<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy" lang="EN-GB">Stefan<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">Von:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> SignWriting
List: Read and Write Sign Languages [mailto:<a href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU" target="_blank">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Im Auftrag von </span></b>Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Gesendet:</span></b> Donnerstag, 28. März
2013 18:07</span></font></p><div><div class="h5"><font face="Tahoma"><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">An:</span></b>
<a href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU" target="_blank">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Betreff:</span></b> Re: Signs for Cities and
States - can you write the name of YOUR city and post to the List?</font></div></div><u></u><u></u><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yes, the right hand comes
to rest on top of the palm of the left. Maybe I should just have shown them
already in contact?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Stefan Wöhrmann <<a href="mailto:stefanwoehrmann@gebaerdenschrift.de" target="_blank">stefanwoehrmann@gebaerdenschrift.de</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Hi Erika, </span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">can you explain Kathmandu: </span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy" lang="EN-GB">left flat hand palm up fingers to the right ( no
problem)</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy" lang="EN-GB">right hand Index – Hand – palm facing the signer
moving down - mh – how to get the touch between the two
hands – right hand on top of the left hand ?? </span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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[mailto:<a href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU" target="_blank">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Im Auftrag von </span></b>Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Gesendet:</span></b> Donnerstag, 28. März
2013 17:18</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">An:</span></b> <a href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU" target="_blank">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Betreff:</span></b> Re: Signs for Cities and
States - can you write the name of YOUR city and post to the List?</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I don't know ASL,
so I don't know a sign for Detroit, Ann Arbor, or Oberlin (my US places).<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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So I'm posting the sign for Kathmandu, the city where I learned to sign! <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Thu, Mar 28,
2013 at 12:03 PM, Adam Frost <<a href="mailto:icemandeaf@gmail.com" target="_blank">icemandeaf@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I am a West
Coaster, and I must admit that people get East Coast city signs mixed up along
with our own city signs. But this is how I personally sign the 4 commonly
confused "B" cities, since I am very picky and have been known to
correct people at times. ;-) It seems to match what you sign, Kim.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Boston,
Massachusetts<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Berkeley,
California<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Burbank,
California<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Mar 28, 2013,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi everyone:<br>
those of us in Boston, Massachusetts sign it thus:<br>
<img src="" border="0" height="32" width="32"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">and refer to
Berkeley, CA thus:<br>
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But some of my signing friends tell me that when you're on the West Coast, it's
the other way around!<br>
Best,<br>
Kim from Boston<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Thu, Mar 28,
2013 at 10:02 AM, Valerie Sutton <<a href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com" target="_blank">signwriting@mac.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you,
Ingvild, Charles and Stefan for your signs!<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SignPuddle for
International Signs Dictionary<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I just copied mine
for La Jolla, California from the ASL Dictionary to the International
Dictionary, and I hope you can do the same for your signs too…<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">And I hope more
names of cities, states, countries and other international signs can be added
too…<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Here is what we
have so far…and I really like all four spellings! Thanks to you all…<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Val ;-)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway<br>
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