Signs Found

[K.J. Boal]

Perhaps not in origin, but certainly in perception!  When it comes to 
language, the perception of the language community has more influence than 
facts on how the language develops.  If a sign is perceived as SEE, it will 
be rejected no matter how long it has actually been a part of ASL.
KJ


>From: "Stuart Thiessen" <sw at passitonservices.org>
>Reply-To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>Subject: Re: [sw-l] Signs Found
>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 21:06:53 -0500
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>All of the manual English systems had their origins in the 70's I  believe. 
>In a way, these signs from the 1920's are no more English in  origin than 
>to do the fingerspelling of JAN, FEB, MARCH. Language  borrowing is a 
>natural phenomenon especially for static things like  dates, months, etc.
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>Thanks,
>
>Stuart
>On May 9, 2007, at 19:20, Adam Frost wrote:
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>>Good question. I am not sure. I doubt that this would be SEE II,  but I 
>>don't know how old SEE I is. The other thing is this book may  not have 
>>been with the offical SEE, but it still could have been  ASL with English. 
>>That has been going on for a long time, and that  is where SEE came from.
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>>Adam
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: "Charles Butler" <chazzer3332000 at YAHOO.COM>
>>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 17:13:57
>>To:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>Subject: Re: [sw-l] Signs Found
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>>How old is SEE, this was a book from the 1920s.
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>>Charles
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>>Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com> wrote: Those are the SEE signs  for the 
>>months. ;-)
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>>Adam
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: "Charles Butler"
>>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 16:07:14
>>To:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>Subject: [sw-l] Signs Found
>>
>>I found these signs in an old sign textbook published in the early  1920s 
>>in a second-hand bookstore in Baltimore.  Has anyone ever  seen these 
>>signs before?
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>>January
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>>February
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>>MarchCharles Butler
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