ASL signs for PLANET, SOLAR SYSTEM, RINGS of SATURN

Tue Mar 10 20:24:28 UTC 2009

Thank you, Adam! This will be very helpful ;-))

Val ;-)

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On Mar 10, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Adam Frost wrote:

> Well, the problem with finding signs for those words is that they  
> aren't words that come about in everyday conversation. Since most  
> educational settings are very isolated, sign for concepts discussed  
> are not standardized. Having said that, I can write some of the  
> signs that I have seen, but it is important to know that these are  
> not established ASL signs. It is also good to make sure that your  
> students are in agreement with you on the meaning of the signs.  
> Signs in next message(s).
>
> Adam
>
> On Mar 10, 2009, at 12:35 PM, SignWriting <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> SignWriting List
>> March 10, 2009
>>
>> Hello Sharon!
>> Thanks for this message. Welcome to the SignWriting List. And thank  
>> you for your order. I am glad I could send you the Lessons in  
>> SignWriting CD-ROM last week, and I hope to send you your order of  
>> the PocketPuddle next week.
>>
>> Let me introduce you to using our SignPuddle Online software, which  
>> is very close if not exactly the same to your coming  
>> PocketPuddle...so it will be good for you to learn the online  
>> software right now...
>>
>> Have you searched for the signs you want? Did you go to the ASL  
>> Dictionary to try to find those signs?
>>
>> ASL Dictionary in SignPuddle Online
>> http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=4
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>> When you go there, scroll down and register your name and password,  
>> so you can later login every time you use SignPuddle Online...
>>
>> If you have already done that, let's try to find the signs you want  
>> in the dictionary...click on "search by words" icon at the top-left  
>> corner of the screen and type in the word you want and press  
>> Search...are any of them in the dictionary?
>>
>> If not, then maybe we can write them together. My problem is that I  
>> do not know those ASL signs for:
>>
>>> solar system
>>> planet
>>> rings(as in Saturn)
>>
>> does anyone know those signs so we can try to write them?
>>
>> Val ;-)
>>
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>> On Mar 10, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Sharon Collier wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings everyone!
>>> My name is Sharon, and I am new to the message board. I am fairly  
>>> new to sign writing, and I am quite amazed with the whole process.  
>>> I have a nephew who is deaf, and I work as a sign language  
>>> interpreter in area schools. I would love to see signwriting  
>>> become more "mainstream."
>>>
>>> I have been looking for a few signs to use in my work, but have  
>>> had no luck finding them. I was wondering if anyone out there  
>>> could help. :-) I am looking for signs for:
>>>
>>> solar system
>>> planet
>>> rings(as in Saturn)
>>> and, if there are signs for the proper names of the planets of our  
>>> solar system besides Earth.
>>>
>>> It's a pleasure to "meet" everyone, and thanks in advance for any  
>>> help I receive.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> Sharon
>>>
>>> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:11:37 -0400
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>>> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:21:20 -0700
>>> Subject: Re: AW: [sw-l] sign for Singapore
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I agree, the three SW listings are ambiguous, and the handshape  
>>> could be an S, an A, a modified T or even an M.  We need a video.
>>>
>>> Charles
>>>
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>>> From: Stefan Wöhrmann <stefanwoehrmann at gebaerdenschrift.de>
>>> To: SignWriting List <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:40:28 PM
>>> Subject: AW: [sw-l] sign for Singapore
>>>
>>> Hello Hector and SW-list friends ,
>>>
>>> thank you very much fort his message – and what an interesting  
>>> source for many more country – name-signs. We should discuss some  
>>> of them on the list – smile!
>>>
>>> In this case Singapore – hm – SignWriting is so much better to  
>>> understand. Does it feel like a wrist-circle movement or is it  
>>> more kind of circle with the whole lower arm moving. And what  
>>> about the hand shape – looks pretty much like an “A-hand” and  
>>> it would feel better to touch the back of the left hand with an  
>>> “A-hand” bit from this drawing we cannot learn that – smile  
>>> –
>>>
>>> I am grateful for your feedback
>>>
>>> Stefan ;-)
>>>
>>> Von: sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu [mailto:sw-l-bounces at majordomo..valenciacc.edu 
>>> ] Im Auftrag von Devia-Zambrano
>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. März 2009 03:47
>>> An: SignWriting List
>>> Betreff: RE: [sw-l] sign for Singapore
>>>
>>> Hi friends. I am again in the SignWriting list again.
>>>
>>> Stefan I found a draw of the singapure sign at http://www.cultura-sorda.eu/resources/WFDeaf_Senas_Paises.pdf
>>> the PDF document says it is from the WDF. Sorry for the previous  
>>> message I click the wrong button.
>>>
>>> Hector Devia
>>>
>> <image006.jpg>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Stefan Wöhrmann [mailto:stefanwoehrmann at googlemail.com]
>>> Sent: Lunes, 09 de Marzo de 2009 05:54 p.m.
>>> To: 'SignWriting List'
>>> Subject: [sw-l] sign for Singapore
>>> Hi friends,
>>>
>>> does anybody know the sign for Singapore as they sign it in  
>>> Singapore
>>>
>>>
>>> Found this comment here:  http://www.theinterpretersfriend.com/indj/cntry/asia.html#5
>>> Singapore (新加坡)
>>> [S], PO down, circles and contacts [B], PO down.
>>>
>>> And I looked for the graphic:
>> <image007.gif>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> <image008.jpg>
>>>      found this in the   Dictionnaire CH-fr    Puddle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> <image009.jpg>
>>>           found this in the  Dictionnaire BE-fr     Puddle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> <image010.jpg>
>>>             found this in the Dictionary US  Puddle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for any feedback
>>>
>>> Stefan
>>>
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