[sw-l] Colorize proper nouns

[Steve Slevinski]

Hi Stefan and list,

What do you think of colorizing proper nouns rather than underlining?

ASL_2

This example uses a color scheme that Val worked on and was widely
accepted.
Val has a beautiful diagram floating around that explains using pictures
and hex codes.

Colorized proper nouns could be used when writing horizontal, vertical,
or any style.

-Steve


Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:

>Hi Valerie and everybody, -
>
>sorry for the delay -
>
>first of all - You are right Valerie - of course this line is not a shoulder
>line -- on the other hand it isn´t a marker for a noun either (smile)
>
>Well what is it? ha ?
>
>Valerie your guess is almost correct - ..
>
>When I started to learn SW in 1999 I followed an idea of James Shepard-Kegl
>to underline proper names -
>
>In the meantime we get so used to it and I am still convinced that this is a
>wonderful support for any fast and easy reading of SW-documents.
>
>Once you get this information - that it is a proper name of a place or
>person - it is not your fault if you do not know this sign. So you need
>additional information ... in order not to get confused with other signs
>that will mislead you. More of that You can ask yourself whether you know
>what person, town, river, country the scribe is signing about.
>
>
>Ingvild and Valerie - I would like to swear (smile) that there has been
>never ever the chance of any confusion with shoulder lines or punctuation -
>if the reader is informed about the strategy.
>
>Valerie wrote: " I personally would never underline a sign like that,..."
>...
>" So I actually did not like that line underneath to show nouns,
>because I don't think, that in everyday documents we underline or
>mark the parts in a sentence...that is more for the classroom...for
>Deaf children..."
>
>I feel confused!
>
>Perhaps in my ears of a foreigner this is a pretty dramatic refusal - almost
>kind of devaluation
>
>Hm - ok - Somehow I feel a little bit sorry to practice a spelling-style
>that is so much against your attitude.
>
>But it works so wonderfully. And I guess not only within the field of deaf
>education ;-))
>
>
>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: Donnerstag, 2. Juni 2005 18:14
>An: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>Betreff: Re: [sw-l] Re: AUSTRALIA Sign for Australia - black line etc
>
>SignWriting List
>June 2, 2005
>
>Ingvild Roald wrote:
>
>
>>The full black line should be the shoulder line seen from 'behind'. If
>>seen from the top, I thought there should be either a beak in the line
>>(like there is for the handshapes), or a circle representing the
>>head. Or
>>am I wrong?
>>
>>
>
>Hello Everyone, Ingvild, Lucyna, Antony and Stefan -
>I didn't want to answer Lucyna's question about why Stefan placed a
>line underneath all his signs in the attached example, because I
>assumed Stefan would answer the question...but now I feel I should
>step in...
>
>Years ago, James Shepard-Kegl in Nicaragua, and Stefan in Germany,
>started using a line underneath any sign that is a noun, or a proper
>name. The reason? I believe it was because they are teaching Deaf
>children and they needed a way to teach grammar to their students.
>And since they were using SignWriter DOS and typing SignWriting from
>left to right, the line was not confused with other punctuation or
>shoulders...
>
>I personally would never underline a sign like that, because I write
>in vertical columns, and those lines could be misunderstood as the
>Period, or end of sentence marking...And I agree, Ingvild, that it
>could be confused with Shoulder lInes too...
>
>So I actually did not like that line underneath to show nouns,
>because I don't think, that in everyday documents we underline or
>mark the parts in a sentence...that is more for the classroom...for
>Deaf children...
>
>So this is Stefan's diagram...it shows signs written for his Deaf
>students, with underlining to show nouns...
>
>Stefan - if I have misunderstood what you wanted, please forgive!
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