<div dir="ltr"><div>Ups... I've done a mistake in Paris...</div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/3/29 Claudia S. Bianchini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chiadu14@gmail.com" target="_blank">chiadu14@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello... here are my cities:</div><div>Rome: where I was born<br>Perugia: where was my university</div>
<div>Modena: where I live when I'm not working<br>Paris: where I've done my PhD</div><div>Poitiers: where I work at university</div>
<div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/3/29 KJ Boal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kjoanne403@signwriting.org" target="_blank">kjoanne403@signwriting.org</a>></span><br>
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<div lang="EN-CA" vlink="purple" link="blue"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">I have a few here:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Red Deer (where I currently live):<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="67" height="163" src="cid:image002.png@01CE2BFD.3962A750"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Which is in the province of Alberta:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="67" height="65" src="cid:image003.png@01CE2BFD.3962A750"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Edmonton, the capital of my province and the city where I was born:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="67" height="78" src="cid:image004.png@01CE2BFD.3962A750"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Leduc, where I really grew up; the city is near an international airport, so the sign looks like an airplane taking off:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="67" height="78" src="cid:image013.png@01CE2BFD.3962A750"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Calgary, the other major city in my province, technically has two possible signs. This is the old one, which isn’t used any more – and there’s a story behind that! <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="49" height="56" src="cid:image014.png@01CE2BFD.3962A750"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">This sign refers to spurs on cowboy boots, because Calgary’s biggest claim to fame is the internationally-renowned rodeo called the Calgary Stampede. However, Edmonton and Calgary have a MAJOR rivalry – if you’re from one city, you’re expected to hate everything about the other! In the spirit of that rivalry, the Edmontonian Deaf began joking that the sign was really related to the sign for “garbage” and the Calgary was “garbage”. The Calgarian Deaf, offended, decided to change the sign.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">This is what they changed it to:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="49" height="70" src="cid:image015.png@01CE2BFD.3962A750"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Personally, I’m sorry they changed it! The original sign had more character, in my opinion. But I don’t subscribe to the rivalry between the cities . . . much. (smile) Anyway, hope that’s not too many signs all at once!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">KJ<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"> 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>On Behalf Of </b>Valerie Sutton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU" target="_blank">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Signs for Cities and States - can you write the name of YOUR city and post to the List?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">SignWriting List<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">March 27, 2013<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear SW List:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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!<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It was a lot of fun for me in particular, because I have been a bit isolated here - <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">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:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=4&sid=1995" target="_blank">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=4&sid=1995</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="160" height="229" src="cid:image005.png@01CE2BFB.598028C0" border="0"><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">What is the sign for YOUR city?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Val ;-)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Valerie Sutton<br>SignWriting List moderator<br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div>Claudia S. Bianchini, PhD<br>A.T.E.R. Licence SDL-LSF @ Univ. Poitiers (France)</div><div><a href="mailto:chiadu14@gmail.comt" target="_blank">chiadu14@gmail.com</a></div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Claudia S. Bianchini, PhD<br>A.T.E.R. Licence SDL-LSF @ Univ. Poitiers (France)</div><div><a href="mailto:chiadu14@gmail.comt" target="_blank">chiadu14@gmail.com</a></div>
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