Fwd: [sw-l] signmail question

[Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod]

here's another trial for this mail that didn't reach the list...

Anny
> thanks for solving the problem (I didn't realise  that!!) and for your
> help
>
> with the group of SignWriters... here in the french speaking par tof
> Switzerland... we've decided to save all the "noms propres" (do we say
> proper names???) with capital letters... : so nouns of persons, towns,
> geographic names, ... will all be written with capital letters...
>
> all other words should be written in lower case...!
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> talk to you soon
>
> Anny
>
>
> Le 2 avr. 05, à 18:45, Valerie Sutton a écrit :
>
>> SignWriting List
>> April 2, 2005
>>
>> I figured it out, Anny! It has to do with capital letters. The sign
>> for SUISSE is in capital letters, but if you do the lower case
>> letters...suisse...then it comes out as fingerspelling...That is
>> because you saved the sign for SUISSE with capital letters in your
>> dictionary before...Take a look at my example...the first word is
>> lower case, and the second with capital letters...so if you want the
>> lower case to come in as a real sign, you will need to save it in
>> lower case in your dictionary entry...
>>
>>
>> <FingerspellingCH-fr2.gif>