<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">SignWriting List<div class="">May 16, 2015</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hello Adrean, and welcome to the SignWriting List!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I admire <a href="http://ASLWrite.com" class="">ASLwrite.com</a> too! ;-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for your kindness towards me. It was very nice of you to tell me about ASLwrite on Facebook, and I enjoyed visiting your web site...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We can help each other by telling the world about the need to write sign languages, and why that is important. Many signers do not realize that sign languages are written languages.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">SignWriting is 41 years old, and other sign language writing systems existed back in the 1800’s…In fact, I would assume there were others even earlier in human history…probably since the beginning of the human race.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I like a phrase that Maryline wrote:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">“V<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;" class="">ocal languages have hundreds of writing systems. Signed languages may have dozens, but we share similar goals…Writing languages has value no matter what the language.</span><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">”</font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;" class="">Thanks to you both for joining the SignWriting List!</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;" class="">Val ;-)</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;" class="">-------------------------------</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 15, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Adrean Clark <<a href="mailto:adreanaline@gmail.com" class="">adreanaline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">It's wonderful to see different writing circles working together! I admire the calligraphic aspect of SMYLE, it appeals to the artistic senses. Looking forward to more updates!<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature">‿·⪦˒˒<br class=""><br class="">*****<br class="">Adrean Clark<br class=""><br class="">Author and Artist<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.adreanclark.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.adreanclark.com</a></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Valerie Sutton<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_blank" class="">sutton@signwriting.org</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">SignWriting List</font><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">May 15, 2015</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Dear SignWriting List -</font></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Maryline Pierrat came to visit us on May 2nd, 2015 - it was an amazing visit!</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Maryline Pierrat is the inventor of the SMYLE writing system for sign languages, from France: <a href="http://www.signographie.fr/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.signographie.fr</a></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">My parents, Adam Frost, Maryline and I had a great time eating lunch out on our deck. It was hot and sunny and lovely weather - a treasured memory ;-)</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Of course, we discussed writing sign languages…We discussed the fact that vocal languages have hundreds of writing systems. Signed languages may have dozens, but we share similar goals…Writing languages has value no matter what the language...</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">To start, here is Maryline’s report in French...Thank you, Maryline, for this report…</font></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">A REPORT FROM MARYLINE PIERRAT, FROM FRANCE</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Compte rendu du voyage à San Diego Du 30 avril au 05 mai 2015</font></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs11/sw1006_FR_Maryline_Pierrat_Visit_California_May_2015.pdf" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs11/sw1006_FR_Maryline_Pierrat_Visit_California_May_2015.pdf</font></a></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">A small excerpt from the above report is below</font></b><font face="Calibri" class=""><b class="">…</b></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Double objectif </font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class="">1 - Au MENSA MIND GAMES<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>: Participer en tant qu'invitée au Mensa's Mind Games qui est un des concours de jeux de plateau les plus respecté aux Etats Unis, afin de collecter des informations quant à la pertinence de la présentation au MENSA Mind Games 2016 du jeu des Editions Patte d'Ourse : HAND IT ! Jeu de sensibilisation à la communication gestuelle: premier pas vers la pratique de la langue des signes pour toutes et tous. </font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Le but étant de présenter ce jeu en tant que prototype à tester à Chicago en 2016 pour ensuite le faire concourir au Mind games de 2017 (localisation encore inconnue à ce jour). </font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Prendre contact avec des professionnels du jeu de société aux Etats Unis et prospecter des développeurs potentiels pour le Wiki Signaire International. </font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><Maryline_Pierrat_with_Adam_Frost_May_2015.jpg></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Photo 1 : Adam Frost (enseignant de langue des signes américaine, ASL à l'Université de San Diego) </font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">et Maryline Pierrat (inventeure de la Signographie Manuscrite Yaelle, Auteure de jeux de société LSF) </font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">à l'entrée du Mind games à San Diego le 02 mai 2015</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Read this entire report in PDF:</font></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs11/sw1006_FR_Maryline_Pierrat_Visit_California_May_2015.pdf" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs11/sw1006_FR_Maryline_Pierrat_Visit_California_May_2015.pdf</font></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Thank you Maryline!</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Thank you again for your visit, Maryline - It was a pleasure to meet you and we look forward to more contact and collaboration -</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Val ;-)</font></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>________________________________________________
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