Happy Birthday

[Tini Pel]

Wow Stefan, I could not have said it any better !!!!!!
Have a wonderful day Valerie . I am sure everyone agrees with Stefan  
how thankful we are for your wonderful invention.
I am sharing the dance writing this year with an upcoming ballet  
teacher. It is still very helpful to be able to "jot" combinations  
down during class.
Thank you!!!! Thank you!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!

Tini.




On 22-Feb-09, at 7:06 AM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:

> Good morning Valerie and sw-list friends,
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> Happy birthday to YOU ... Happy birthday to YOU ... Happy birthday  
> dear Valerie ... Happy birthday to you !
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> Well again we can celebrate the birthday of the inventor of this  
> genius movement writing system ...
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> Although we know that Sign Languages can be written now there is  
> for some reason still some resistance, fear and prejudice to overcome.
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> Nevertheless I would like to take the chance to express my feelings  
> of gratitude for all you are doing for us.  Without your input,  
> energy and trust which you put into your invention it would not  
> have grown that much. Look at the wonderful crowd of people all  
> around the word who are working on all different kinds of  
> instruction materials, software programs and SW-documents. All of  
> this would not have happened if you would share your ideas and your  
> work in such a generous way.
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> We are really blessed to live in a time window of history when  
> writing Sign Languages become a quite normal option for those who  
> are looking for something like this.
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> While I am busy to pile up material for my second book – I found this:
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> “Historically there was no written form for American Sign Language.  
> Transposing a three-dimensional language that uses space, non- 
> manual signals, and motion as its primary characteristics onto  
> paper is a daunting challenge. Only recently with the advent of  
> SignWriting (TM)  has ASL become a written language, .... “
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> Wow – this is the first time that I read such a comment from  
> somebody who is well accepted in SL- instruction. The quote obove  
> can be found in “Master ASL! Fingerspelling, Numbers, And Glossing  
> – page 129 – written by Jason E. Zinza
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> Hopefully the same author would be interested to find more and more  
> of his wonderful graphics – illustrating ASL phrases – written in  
> SignWriting.
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> OK – Have a wonderful Birthday with your family and hopefully you  
> will spend 2 or 4 hours away from the computer – smile
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> I designed another birthday-card especially for you!
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> <Happy Birthday Valerie 2009 .jpg>
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