names of signed languages

[Victor Brown]

"Angus B. Grieve-Smith" wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Tane Akamatsu wrote:
>
> > But look where LSQ happens: Quebec.  What's the difference between
> > Quebec and the rest of Canada?  The ubiquitousness of French.
>
>         Of French culture, more specifically.  The story I've heard is
> that one of the first two residential schools in Quebec used LSF (for
> girls) and the other used ASL (for boys).  As I understand it, ASL is
> still used among Quebeckers who identify with English Canadian culture.
>

ASL and LSQ are both used in Quebec, but not always because of how they
identify with the Hearing community.

There is ASL in Mexico. Not for political reasons, but because someone
introduced it. But, they have little contact with LSM users, so maybe
this is ok. I'm not mentioning them for that reason. But for the reason
that multiple signed languages can and do exist regardless of what is
happening with the Hearing communities.


When travel was less common this was no big deal. It is today when you
have two signed languages in the same city, that things can get sticky.

Ulrike talks of how peoples had to move for geopolitical reasons. This
too enters in.

Later,
Victor