[sw-l] im a very poor salesman of the SW!

[Shane Gilchrist Ó hEorpa]

Stef,

You're lucky I got to get involved only last year so I cant say im the
expert on notation systems and written dacytalogy (sp?) :D

Val have already showed us the example which is really excellent.

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: 06 March 2005 10:35
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: AW: [sw-l] im a very poor salesman of the SW!
>
> Hi Shane,
> ...
> „ and I had to explain that there are 3 main systems: SignWriting, Stokoe
> and
> HamNoSys - her eyes widened in horror...”
>
> aha – three ..
> Can you post please two short stories written in HamNoSys and Stokoe ?
>
> Just curious – smile
>
> Stefan ;-)
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Shane
> Gilchrist
> Ó hEorpa
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 6. März 2005 04:26
> An: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Betreff: [sw-l] im a very poor salesman of the SW!
>
> Val,
>
> What's the general attitude towards sign-writing in Finland (if any)?
>
> As we Europeans know, deaf education in Finland is very superior compared
> to
> other countries in the EU - they really focus on SVK (Finnish Sign
> Language)
> as a teaching language in Finland's deaf schools.
>
> I was explaining to my Finnish guest (who is over in Belfast staying with
> me
> - poor lass!) - I was explaining to her about the SignWriting etc - and I
> had to explain that there are 3 main systems: SignWriting, Stokoe and
> HamNoSys - her eyes widened in horror.
>
> She said "But they teach us to write in Finnish and sign in SVK - I think
> it's cheeky of them to expect us to write in SVK!" - she failed to see the
> point. I explained that it is important to have SVK literature - SVK
> literature is not really prepared properly on video etc - whereas in
> written
> SVK, it is possible so on.
>
> She said "how can we benefit from that?"
>
> "Better sign language skills - better understanding of how it works!"
>
> She is still not impressed. Maybe I'm bad at it - so I ll prolly send her
> to
> Kathleen and Sara - they are EXCELLENT - it was them who convinced me that
> it works :-) - and of course, their charms... ;)
>
> Shanex
>
> p.s. everyone on this list, you're more than welcome to come over to
> Belfast
> :D - my house is open to any SignWriters! :-)
>
>
>