[sw-l] Japanese Sign Language

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
April 2, 2005

> Hagiwara Japan
>  
> I'm sorry.
> I thought that the word put English.
>  It differs.
> It only has to put Japanese.
>  Indeed,
> Everything is mended.

Yes! Everything is mended! We understand each other ;-)))

I understand it is hard with English dictionaries, because in English, 
the word SIGN has many different meanings. It can mean ...to use a pen 
with paper and write your name on paper.... But SIGN can also mean 
...the beautiful movements of Sign Language..... So those are two 
different meanings. When you take a pen and sign your name on paper, 
that is called a SIGNATURE. So I guess that a dictionary confused 
you...but now you know that it is called Japanese Sign Language. And we 
love it too!! Did you know we have written some Japanese Sign Language 
already?...Go to this web page:

Transcribing Japanese Sign Language from Video
http://signwriting.org/lessons/transcribe/scribe004.html

And how is Mark Penner? We have not heard from Mark in a long time. I 
hope he and his family are well?

Did you know we have a section for Japan on our web sites? Go to:

SignWriting in Japan
http://signwriting.org/japan/japan.html

Here is some of the Japanese fingerspelling that we have on that page 
...



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