SignWriting at the Gally protest?

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 22, 2006

OK. The Shorthand sample is now posted on this web page:

Val's Shorthand of the Gally sentence...
http://www.SignWriting.org/lessons/cursive/curs011.html

Val ;-)

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On Oct 22, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> Hello Everyone!
> This message refuses to post to the List, if I include a diagram,  
> so I am posting the message here once again, and then I will create  
> a web page with the diagram...so that link is coming !  Val ;-)
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> SignWriting List
> October 22, 2006
>
> Kimberley Shaw wrote:
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>> The SW below is what I think that sign is saying, which is one of  
>> the big chants from this round of protests. "J-a-n-e out" is the  
>> other one. By the way, SignText doesn't want to load up onto my  
>> computer today, so I had to use Puddle "translate" today ...
>>
>
> Hi Kim and Stuart!
> Sorry to see SignText did not work for you today. Regarding the  
> Puddle signs...they are not written correctly regarding palm  
> facing...they had the palm facing switched so I have switched them  
> in the attached diagram plus I attached my quick shorthand for  
> those signs to the right...
>
> Shorthand is not the same as Handwriting...Handwriting is more  
> formal in comparison...Shorthand is more personal...I assume  
> knowledge of the signs...for example in the middle sign...I didn't  
> need to write both hands since the Grasp Symbol informed me of two  
> hands and I assumed they were the same handshape unless otherwise  
> stated...In Shorhand the baseshape or rootshape is not important  
> because you are assuming knowledge of the language, but when you re- 
> write your notes in SignWriting Printing then you use the proper  
> official symbols.
>
> The Shorthand that you saw on the Gallaudet poster is quite similar  
> to SignWriting...it looks like a direct take from SignWriting, but  
> it might also be a blend of other notation systems that people  
> develop for themselves personally, like Bernard Bragg's, which  
> Stuart just mentioned...You would be amazed how many personal  
> notation systems look a little like SignWriting...that is a good  
> sign, because it means that we are visually in tune with how  
> signers naturally think...
>
> No matter what, it is exciting to see the pictures of the poster  
> with the writing! Maybe people are ready to start writing signs - I  
> hope so! For those who want ASL to be respected, I would think  
> writing the language would become more and more important as time  
> goes on -
>
> Thanks for your postings, Stuart and Kim!
>
> Val ;-)
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