[sw-l] Guidelines for Dictionary Editors ;-)

[Sandy Fleming]

Hi Trevor!

> use in the northern sign for holiday. :-) One of my church colleagues has
> also been reprimanded by a visiting Deaf person for using the normally
> acceptable sign of a 5-hand under the armpit. (In context it was the
> correct sign to have use but the visitor didn't think even such a mild
> sign should be used in a religious context.)

Did you see the programme about the Deaf couple having a baby recently? At
the start of the wedding ceremony the vicar used this sign. "You'll have to
excuse my signing, it's crap!" The congregation laughed  :)

However, this sign is also used in serious contexts to mean "pathetic". So
it would be wrong, I think, to criticise it when used earnestly.

> So please please put in all the useful signs before you pander to the
> whims of hearies who think it's smart to swear in a foreign language. By
> the way, did you see this week's episode of Green Wing? ;-)

Nope  :)

Sandy