[sw-l] British Sign Language Flag in SignPuddle

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
September 8, 2004

Hello Everyone!
That isn't true, Stephen...Michael Everson, who works for the ISO, and 
I, worked on this issue for years. There are lots of sign language 
codes now...thanks to our work together. I actually funded some of 
them...that is a long story...That is what you are using right 
now...the SGN-GB is the sign language code for British Sign Language. 
And it is officially established... Please look at this official web 
page:

Sign Language Codes
http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/unicode/unicod01.html

and...

PDF] ISO Codes for Sign Languages
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... by Deaf and hearing people, have been provided with an identifying 
code in ISO
  639-2, the International Standard which specifies 3-letter codes to 
identify the ...
  www.signwriting.org/archive/ docs1/sw0033-Sign-Language-Codes.pdf -  
Similar page


Val ;-)

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On Sep 8, 2004, at 1:52 PM, Stephen Slevinski wrote:

> Hi List,
>
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> Sign Puddle uses country codes to divide the dictionaries.  It would 
> be better to use language codes. 
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>   
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> Langauge codes and country codes have been formalized to avoid 
> confusion.  ISO 639 describes the various language codes, but does not 
> contain a single sign language.  I'm speechless!
>
>  
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> Does anyone know how we can get this changed?
>
>  
>
> -Stephen
> www.oculog.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu 
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Stuart 
> Thiessen
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:50 PM
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] British Sign Language Flag in SignPuddle
>
> And in the Philipines and to some extent in some other countries I 
> believe. This is where sign languages don't always follow country 
> lines.
>
> The opposite quandry, I suppose, is where you have multiple sign 
> languages in a country such as Spain, India, and others.  Even Canada 
> fits in both categories where it uses ASL and LSQ.
>
> The exceptions certainly make life interesting. I believe Valerie went 
> with the flag idea so that we wouldn't have a continuation of the 
> acronym debate ... such as ... Is BSL British Sign Language or 
> Brazilian Sign Language?  Or should we use UKSL ... or LSB for Brazil 
> ... or ..........Should Argentine Sign Language be ASL or LSA or LAS 
> .....
>
> By using the flags, we might have some idea of its affiliation without 
> getting into the acronym thing.  But there are still these 
> challenges.  Ah, well!
>
> What's life without some controversy to keep things lively, eh? ;-)
>
> Stuart
>
> Sandy Fleming wrote:
> Trevor,
>
> I believe they use both BSL and ISL there according to whether they're
> catholic or protestant, though due to politics it's not easy to make 
> out
> exactly what the truth is.
>
> Anyway, why use the flag of the USA for ASL? It's the usual sign 
> language in
> Canada too, isn't it?
>
> Sandy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> [ mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu ]On Behalf Of Trevor 
> Jenkins
> Sent: 08 September 2004 19:22
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: RE: [sw-l] British Sign Language Flag in SignPuddle
>
>
> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Sandy Fleming <sandy at FLEIMIN.DEMON.CO.UK>  wrote:
>
>
> It should be the Union Jack since, unlike English, BSL is
>
> indigenous to the
>
> whole of the UK.
>
> You sure about that? North Ireland (a constituent part of the UK) 
> surely
> uses IRL.
>
>
> Sandy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> [ mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu ]On Behalf Of
>
> Valerie Sutton
>
> Sent: 07 September 2004 18:46
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] British Sign Language Flag in SignPuddle
>
>
> SignWriting List
> September 7, 2004
>
> Sandy-
> At the bottom of SignPuddle pages, you can click on a tiny flag to
> change countries. Stephen used the tiny flag for England (or Great
> Britain). When you click on that flag, it will take you to the BSL
> page...Meanwhile, I was using the flag for UK on other web pages...We
> need to coordinate our web pages so we are using the same flag to
> represent BSL...Which flag do you choose? ...smile ...Val ;-)
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> Regards, Trevor
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> <>< Re: deemed!
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