Navigating in SignPuddle 1.5

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
June 4, 2007

Hello Gerard, and Stefan!

Thank you for this question, Gerard...

Both the flags themselves, and their Sign Names, are both international.

Sign Languages themselves are not international, but when it comes to  
names of countries, among the educated and traveled sign language  
users, it has become the norm to try to use the name for each country  
that is used in the native signed language of that country...

So for example, the sign for Germany in old ASL is slowly becoming  
just that...old and not used as much. The name for Germany in German  
Sign Language is now becoming the sign for Germany all over the  
world...this way the names of countries have been respected and  
become international...

However, not all Deaf people know this. Recently I met some Deaf  
people here in the US who did not know the sign for Germany from  
Germany...so I believe this is more the norm for the educated and  
traveled peoples of the world...

But Stefan is right...we could write a tiny sign name for each  
country over each flag...and that will still be international....I am  
working on that and hope to see if it gets your approval!!

Val ;-)

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On Jun 4, 2007, at 11:14 AM, GerardM wrote:
> Hoi,
> In what sign language would you like the names of the countries ?
> Thanks,
>      GerardM
>
> ***********************
> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 19:15:54 +0200
> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Stefan_W
> =F6hrmann?= <stefanwoehrmann at GEBAERDENSCHRIFT.DE>
> Subject: AW: [sw-l] Thailand and Austrian SignPuddle Dictionaries  
> now posted
>
> Hi Val,
>
> just a short question?
>
> There are already so many flaggs in the bottom line of the SignPuddle
> website - but I have trouble to find my way ... just as you did on  
> your
> other wonderful page "Who uses SW"
>
> http://signwriting.org/about/who
>
>
>
> Would you mind to add the sign names of the countries next to the  
> flagg or
> instead of - I can imgine that somebody else beside me has  
> difficulties to
> identify the countries just by flagg - or you may save the png's  
> not as
> numbers (Thailand = 34.png ) but instead with the country name -
>
> So with a right mouse click - save - it would tell me ...the name  
> of the
> country -- just a thought
>
> Stefan ;-)