AW: [sw-l] SW Handwriting Course Schedule Jan 2007

[Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa]

i havent seen German chicken scratching but I bet like most Germans,
they ll do a great job in writing in the (Old German) Gothic script!!!

Shane

On 04/01/07, Stefan Wöhrmann <stefanwoehrmann at gebaerdenschrift.de> wrote:
> Good morning Shane, Adam, Charles -
>
> thanks for this lesson - perhaps I will try to write an animated chicken
> doing his job at best as possible - just as chickens do!
>
> Stefan :-)
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Shane Gilchrist
> O hEorpa
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Januar 2007 12:14
> An: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Betreff: Re: AW: [sw-l] SW Handwriting Course Schedule Jan 2007
>
> Stef,
>
> 'chicken scratching' is meant to be jokey/sarcastic - it means a 'poor
> attempt' - for instance if one doesnt write very well, say like a
> doctor's writing, Americans would say 'that's a chicken scratching'!
>
> Some deafies in the US would say 'oh my god, he do have chicken scratching
> ASL!'
>
> The phrase is chiefly limited to the US as its not popular in Ireland
> and the UK.
>
> Shane
>
> On 04/01/07, Charles Butler <chazzer3332000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > You are correct.  I don't have access to either a scanner or a printer in
> > Brazil, so it is easier for me to think long and hard and do the best I
> can
> > with a PAINT program.
> >
> > Thanks for explaining the idiom, Adam.
> >
> >
> > Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If I understand him correctly, he is planning on doing what I was with a
> > paint like program (unless he has a tablet). And I think he meant scratch
> as
> > in chicken scratches like when they dig in the dirt.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Stefan Wöhrmann"
> >
> > Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:52:53
> > To:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > Subject: AW: [sw-l] SW Handwriting Course Schedule Jan 2007
> >
> > Good morning Charles,     "Quick chicken stratch using my mouse"   what
> does
> > that mean?   Stefan ;-)       ---------------- Von:
> > owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von
> > Charles Butler Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Januar 2007 03:10 An:
> > sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu Betreff: Re: [sw-l] SW Handwriting Course
> > Schedule Jan 2007   If you can read this, I can sign up, too. Dont' know
> how
> > much I will be able to contribute, but I'd love to learn more.  (Quick
> > chicken stratch using my mouse)   Charles Butler
> > Valerie Sutton wrote: SignWriting List January 3, 2007 Stuart just signed
> up
> > for the course too! Glad you have the time, Stuart... Participants already
> > signed up: 1. Adam Frost 2. Stefan Woehrmann 3. Tini Pel 4. Kelly Jo Boal
> 5.
> > Cherie Wren 6. Stuart Thiessen Val ;-)
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