Happy Birthday

Sun Feb 22 16:32:34 UTC 2009

enjoy this special day!
Happy birthday VAL :-))

Anny
Le 22 févr. 09 à 17:30, Valerie Sutton a écrit :

> SignWriting List
> February 22, 2009
>
> Hello Tini, Kim and Charles, and everyone!
> Thank you for your birthday messages below...Very nice to receive  
> the well wishes...
>
> I feel a little badly that I have not remembered everyone else's  
> birthdays...so a happy birthday to all of you too, even though it  
> is not your birthday today ;-)
>
> I am glad to know you are still using DanceWriting, Tini!
>
> And thanks for the message about the little article in the La Jolla  
> Light, Kim...I think the student writer did a good job, you are  
> right about that and I was impressed...I bet she will be a future  
> journalist...Her name is Spreeha...It is an Indian name (from  
> India)...and I enjoyed being interviewed for the article...there is  
> another version of the same article that was printed in the  
> newspaper itself, and that included one page from Adam Frost's "Why  
> SignWriting" document on the web, so I will be scanning in that  
> printed article later, to share with you...
>
> I am working on a new textbook, to document the International  
> SignWriting Alphabet. This time I am just naming the book:
>
> SignWriting
>
> with a subtitle that says:
>
> Sign Languages Are Written Languages!
>
> And then I am going to write it in five parts:
>
> Part 1: SignWriting Basics
> a short summary of basic symbols that you all know
>
> Part 2: Handshapes
> all 200 handshapes, shown with photos of Adam Frost's hands, in 6  
> palm facings, plus samples of signs that use the handshapes..thank  
> you Adam for the wonderful photos and animated GIFs!
>
> Part 3: Movement Symbols
> every detail of writing movement I can find from volumes of writing  
> around the world
>
> Part 4: Face, Head and Body
> same kind of detail but on Facial Expressions, Head Movement and  
> the torso and limbs...even showing how to write squatting down,  
> which exists in a South Pacific Sign Language...
>
> Part 5: Sign Language Literature
> teaching from beginning to end, how to write sentences and  
> documents and literature in SignWriting, and providing lots of  
> reading material
>
> Part 1 above is nothing new to any of you...it is just a quick  
> summary of basic symbols for people who are beginners and need an  
> introduction before referring to the other more advanced parts of  
> the book...
>
> I plan to publish these as five separate manuals, and then also put  
> them together into one large volume...
>
> This will take time of course, but well worth it...
>
> Thanks for all your participation all these years! It is because of  
> your writing that the above book is possible -
>
> I am going out with my parents today...I am lucky to have them with  
> me -
>
> Have a great day, everyone!
>
> Val ;-)
>
>
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>
>
>
> On Feb 22, 2009, at 5:16 AM, Tini Pel wrote:
>
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY VALERIE,
>> May you have a wonderful day from a very thankful
>> Tini Pel
>>
>> also good wishes from Henk.
>
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>
> On Feb 22, 2009, at 5:25 AM, Tini Pel wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
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> On Feb 22, 2009, at 6:52 AM, Kimberley Shaw wrote:
>
>> Hello Val:
>> Nicely-done article; congratulations!
>> And happy birthday to you,
>> Kim from Boston
>
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>
>> On Feb 22, 2009, at 6:58 AM, Charles Butler wrote:
>>
>>> Many more in store for you.  Much honor in the future years.
>>>
>>> Charles Butler
>>>
>
>
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