[sw-l] First Complete SW Story in BSL

[Shane Gilchrist Ó hEorpa]

Sandy,

That's excellent! :D

I can follow most of them :) - do you want me to sign them (at the same time
trying to keep to your dialect) on the mov so I ll send them to you and Val
- to check it out?

Shane


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu [mailto:owner-sw-
> l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Fleming
> Sent: 18 March 2005 10:03
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: [sw-l] First Complete SW Story in BSL
>
> Hi List!
>
> I've just written my first complete story in BSL. It's a translation of
> the traditional Low Saxon story "The Wren".
>
> It's too big to attach so if you go to SignPuddle and click on the
> "Translate" item in the menu, or just click here:
> http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-GB/translate.php then enter the
> following glossed text of the story:
>
> little-bird nest where, it garage. parents fly-away, why. food bring
> birds-being-fed. baby bird alone. soon father bird home. happen here
> what. attack who. you-children afraid. recently, monster come. it
> horrible, stare. afraid reason. yes, open-question it go where. yes
> road. stay, me go. going-for. is-it-afraid. not-at-all. will tell-off.
> fly-away, home where, yes bend-in-road, bird-flying, see what. yes lion,
> animal-walking. little-bird is-it-afraid not-at-all. lion it back,
> bird-landing, tell-off. nest you finish come. children me they afraid.
> why. lion, animal-walking. little-bird furious, tell-off. nest you
> not-allowed, shake-head rights. if come-back, leg me smash-down, back
> you break. fly-away, home nest. fine. it finish tell-off. gone.
>
> ...without line breaks! you should then be able to read the SW
> version.I'd recommend you put a large number such as 300 in the "Signs
> per Column" box to get the story going straigh down the page.
>
> I'd be very grateful for any comments on this. It's not too
> sophisticated as I didn't want to fill up the dictionary with lots of
> variants, but it is quite expressive at places.
>
> Sandy
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