New Posting: Official SSS for SignBank 2002

[Stefan Woehrmann2]

Hi Valerie,  hi Charles and listmembers -


puh - this message is kind of disturbing. Hmm - cultural differences ??

I would suggest not to blame Valerie for anything but instead of that to
acknowledge the immense achievement -

Well it will take some other enthusiasts to "feed" the SignBank with signs
.... but nevertheless - I don ±²  feel too much disturbed since this list of
symbols seems to follow some specific rules which are connected to
software - programming  ... questions ..

Is this true Valerie ?

I guess that in our presentations and workshops we should stick to the
up-and-down axis to
the hand -  palm facing , ...
There is no need to change that ! ;-)))

This morning I presented the attached 5-hand - symbol - sequence to my
students -

We enjoyed playing around with enlarged single hands and to find our way to
perform the correct performance of the presented symbol.   L.I.F.E.

Hope you enjoy it too - has been a lot of work -

So Valerie congrats for what you have done -

Stefan ;-)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Butler" <chazzer3332000 at YAHOO.COM>
To: <SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: New Posting: Official SSS for SignBank 2002


> Valerie,
>
> The logic of the sequence I understand, the rotations
> I do not understand at all.  The C hand no longer
> looks like a "C" but a cup hand which at first glance
> puts the hand in a very awkward position.  Sort of the
> -3 position from straight up and down.  I can't even
> put my hand in that position without pain.
>
> I really don't understand, and must protest as it goes
> against 20 years of writing as "rotation 1".
>
> I applaud the necessity of a 2002-SSS, but this
> variation just doesn't make sense at all.
>
> No matter if you are the creator, in this case, I
> think you are just plain WRONG.
>
> We have thousands of books with an up-and-down axis to
> the hand, why change it Now?
>
> --- Valerie Sutton <Sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG> wrote:
> > SignWriting List
> > September 4, 2002
> >
> > Dear SW List Members:
> > The first release of SignBank 2002, at the end of
> > this month, is the
> > starting point for a new era. We will be sorting and
> > printing
> > dictionaries by Sign-Symbol-Sequence on a regular
> > basis.
> >
> > I therefore worked hard in August to finalize a
> > "final numbering
> > system" for the SSS that is flexible but sensible
> > and easy to learn.
> > It is important that a Deaf child, age 6, can find
> > signs in a
> > SignWriting dictionary quickly, visually and easily.
> >
> > The SSS-2002 is the name of the Sequence we will be
> > using for the
> > next two years. It is the "default Sequence" for
> > SignBank 2002.
> >
> > I am hoping to do a new release of SignBank every
> > two years. SignBank
> > 2004 can incorporate any changes needed to the SSS.
> >
> > So the new SSS-2002 is now officially posted on the
> > web:
> >
> > SSS-2002
> > http://www.SignBank.org/symbolbank/ssslist
> >
> > These are only the "Base Symbols", without their
> > rotations and variations....
> >
> > I will also be writing a manual explaining the logic
> > behind the
> > Sequence. The new SSS manual will be included in
> > SignBank 2002.
> >
> > You can see I am keeping busy!
> > --
> >
> >
> > Val ;-)
> >
> > Valerie Sutton
> > Sutton at SignWriting.org
> >
> > SignWritingSite
> > http://www.SignWriting.org
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> >
> > SignBankSite
> > http://www.SignBank.org
> > Sign Language Dictionaries
> >
> > DanceWritingSite
> > http://www.DanceWriting.org
> > Read & Write Dance
> >
> > MovementWritingSite
> > http://www.MovementWriting.org
> > Read & Write Movement & Gesture
> >
> > Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting
> > Center For Sutton Movement Writing
> > an educational nonprofit organization
> > Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA
> > tel: 858-456-0098....fax: 858-456-0020
>
>
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