[sw-l] A Sign for E-mail

[Bill Reese]

At one time, the local late-deafened adults starting to sign email very
similar to "mail" by adding an "E" hand to the beginning of the sign,
then finishing the same way as "mail".

Bill


Dan Parvaz wrote:

>SW-L at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>The Deaf -- particularly the multi-generational Deaf -- folks I know still
>fingerspell e-m-a-i-l. They reject the sign currently gaining ground as a
>hearing invention, and I can't say I disagree.
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>In other countries i've seen some combination for 'type (as in on a
>computer)' and 'send-letter'. But this asymmetric Euro-looking sign?
>Nope.
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>-Dan.
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>On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Valerie Sutton wrote:
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>>SignWriting List
>>August 4, 2004
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>>Dear Adam and Everyone.
>>Thanks for your great messages! Please see my attached answer. Let me
>>explain that the sign for email in our dictionary, (and currently in
>>the header in SignPuddle right now), was the sign my Deaf staff used at
>>the DAC back in the mid-1990's, before the internet was really
>>popular...in fact a lot of people didn't even know what email was at
>>that time, so I think that is the reason they fingerspelled it
>>...because it was a new sign...so if the one you suggest, Adam, is more
>>correct for today's Deaf population, we can change that...I believe
>>others have said the same thing....Should we change it in the
>>SignPuddle header? I have another idea as to how to write the sign you
>>showed us in the attached and will send that in the next message...
>>Great to talk with you!  Val ;-)
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