Everyone here wrote sign language

[Steve Slevinski]

Thanks Klapka,

On SignPuddle.org I am going to create a place where people can write 
documents, dictionaries even personal blogs in SignWriting.  
SignBank.org will use the same software.  Every year I'm going to create 
a DVD Archive that packages the website and makes it available as a 
historical document of what we did.  This will not be the entire 
SignWriting universe, only the segment where I work.

"Everyone here wrote sign language" will be the title of the DVD.  It is 
in homage to the book "Everyone here spoke sign language" which is a 
historical account of the hereditary deafness of Martha's Vineyard.  At 
the time, they didn't consider their place in history.  Deaf were people 
too.  There was nothing wrong with their body or their mind.  Everyone 
learned sign language from birth.

"Everyone here wrote sign language" is a statement of intent.  Maybe it 
should be in the present.  "Everyone here writes sign language."  Maybe 
I need two translations.  The present for the website and the past for 
the DVD archive.

Who is everyone?  Anyone who wants to be included.  Anyone who says, "I 
write sign language." 

There was just a message on the Sign Language Linguists List where a 
woman wrote "ASL is not a written language."  I couldn't disagree more.

"Everyone here wrote sign language" is a statement that only history can 
judge.  Do we really write sign language? We are not all expert signers, 
writers, linguists or historians.  But we all write sign language.  
History will be our judge no matter what the doubters of today have to say.

Where is "here"?  Anywhere people write sign language: real or virtual.

Regards,
-Steve

Tomáš Klapka wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> czech (česky), Czech Republic - Každý zde psal znakovým jazykem.
> esperanto, everywhere - Ĉiuj ĉi tie skribis signolingvon.
>
> well, but I miss the context. What exactly do you mean by the message? 
> Who is everybody? Why do you use past (wrote)? (It should help me 
> understand the exact meaning and so find the best translation)
>
> Tomas Klapka
> Prague
>
> On 4/14/06, *slevin at signpuddle.net <mailto:slevin at signpuddle.net>* 
> <slevin at signpuddle.net <mailto:slevin at signpuddle.net> > wrote:
>
>     people
>
>     here
>
>     write
>
>     sign
>
>     language
>
>     	
>     comma_v
>
>     ASL_2
>
>     period_v
>
>
>
>     Hi List,
>
>     Anyone want their langauge included?
>
>     I need the phrase \"Everyone here wrote sign language\" translated
>     into as many languages as possible. Make sure to tell me the name
>     of the langauge (spoken or signed) and a location on the earth
>     (include any amount of detail).
>
>     I do not need a word for word translation. This is a message. I
>     need that message as clear as possible in the native language.
>
>     This will be for SignPuddle.org\'s homepage.
>
>     Either emailing a SignText document or a SignMail from SignPuddle
>     would work best. You can send it to me directly or send it to the
>     list.
>
>     The above SignWriting is my attempt at ASL. I\'ll probably us it
>     to get started, unless anyone wants to improve it.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     -Steve
>
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