AW: [sw-l] History of Symbol Development

[Stefan Wöhrmann]

Hi Val, 

 

just a short additional question if I understand your information correctly
– 

 

do you want to say that just writing the Eyes symbol 07  eyelashes is not
enough if I want to express this batting the eyelashes ...? You think we
need to add an additional symbol (which one?) 

 

In the past I simply used this 07 eyesymbol in order to just express this
kind of  “expressing admiration, love ...” see flirten - png

Stefan;-) 

 

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Von: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Valerie Sutton
Gesendet: Freitag, 6. Mai 2005 17:16
An: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
Betreff: [sw-l] History of Symbol Development

 

SignWriting List
May 6, 2005

Bill Reese wrote:

It's not necessary for a new symbol Val.  The simplicity and unambiguity of
the current Eyes Open symbol makes them preferable.  I was curious more
about the history.  Did you start out with oval eyes?


It is so nice to hear from you again, Bill...

Actually we don't have Oval Eyes...I believe that was your suggestion,
yesterday...so no... I confess, I did not start with Oval eyes..that would
be an addition to the symbolset...

The history of the eyes goes back to DanceWriting development in 1973 and
1974...we were using these exact same Eye symbols from the IMWA back in
1974, in DanceWriting documents. As you know, the first signed language I
wrote was not ASL...it was Danish Sign Language (DSL). And I remember using
the Eye symbols in that DSL document in 1974 at the University of
Copenhagen...

The Eye symbols were very simple and could fit into a smaller Facial Circle,
used in DanceWriting documents...I know I started with the first three in
this list, and then the others became necessary...the eyelashes came from a
dance where the dancer was batting her eyelashes at her male dance
partner...I am not kidding...we placed a trembling line near the eyelashes
to show the movement..smile...

So the half-open and half-closed came from a combination of the squint and
the open or closed...I can see this answer is a little confusing...the
History of symbols is an interesting subject and should be documented at
some point...when we have nothing to do! Thanks for your input Bill...




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