sign for "Tokyo"

[Shane Gilchrist Ó hEorpa]

It was funny - Stef asked us at the EWSO workshop to write down the sign for
Tokyo - deaf participants disagreed with him over his sign for "Tokyo" and
it almost became a heated debate (I think Stef was not familiar with this
pericular part of visualic (sign language) culture where everyone ll argue
non-stop about the right signs for places etc.

Thankfully there were two Japaneses in the other room so I had to dash to
them and asked them their actual sign - and it turned out Stef was right
after all!!! (just because hes not deaf, many deafies are a bit prejudiced
about that sign but there are deafies out there who doesn’t sign very well!
Stef can sign better than them!)

:)

I still do prefer my sign for "Tokyo" cos i thought it is associated with
long towers Tokyo is famous for!

Shane 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu [mailto:owner-sw-
> l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] On Behalf Of Stefan Wöhrmann
> Sent: 09 August 2005 22:12
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: AW: [sw-l] New Web posting on ICED Conference
> 
> Hi Valerie,
> 
> so you could use the fotos for a great presentation!! smile!!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> There is a very interesting story behind the pictures of Ingvild in the
> hallway with other participants. We took the chance to get in touch with
> many of them. We did some research on signs names as they are used by the
> DEAF people themselves in their countries!
> 
> "Photo: Ingvild Roald from Norway (sitting). Kazuhiko Otsuka from Japan
> (standing)."
> 
> 
> On this picture  for example we learn some signs from a man from Japan -
> just curious - how did you mange to get to know his
> name????????????????????????
> 
> Anyway - all the people that we contacted showed great interest in our
> SignWriting - notes. Thus they got first hand impression on how easy it
> can
> be to preserve visual information. On the other hand they got an idea
> about
> our way to look at the various parameters of a sign.
> 
> After we wrote the sign - we performed it again following our spelling. If
> they agreed everything was fine and big smiles on our faces.
> 
> On the picture we learn the sign for TOKIO  ( sun is rising!)
> 
> It has been a great experience and Ingvild and me we have had lots of fun
> and success -- right Ingvild?   smile
> 
> 
> Stefan ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Valerie Sutton
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. August 2005 22:32
> An: List SIGNWRITING
> Betreff: [sw-l] New Web posting on ICED Conference
> 
> SignWriting List
> August 9, 2005
> 
> New Web posting on ICED Conference
> 
> SignWriting at ICED 2005
> http://signwriting.org/europe/iced2005/
> 
> I need your feedback...
> 
> 1. Are the captions correct on the photos?
> 
> 2. Stefan and Kathleen and Sara...Do we have permission to post your
> abstracts or other writings regarding your specific presentations at
> Maastricht? Right now, your links go to your other work, as I do not
> have copies of your abstracts etc...
> 
> When you have permission to post those, please tell me..
> 
> 3. Stefan - Do you have any photos of your presentation at ICED?...I
> only have one right now...smile...Val ;-)
> 
>