AW: Manchester

Suzanne pach Suzanne at BORDVOORJEKOP.NL
Tue May 19 21:36:45 UTC 2009


I would go for variation A, but I only just gained my BSL
level 1 certification, so I might not be the best person
to ask.. :)

Good Luck!

Suzanne

PS Talking about Manchester makes me think of the
SW-project that maybe was going to take place around
Manchester, but that couldn't get started yet because of
the (lack of) funding. Have there been any new
developments lately?



> Hi Stefan,
> The non-dominant hand in M is parallel to the floor and
> the C hand in the
> sign MANCHESTER is a full hand.
> I think that would be the M from 'Variation A' and the C
> from 'Variation C'
> ??
> Although as you can see the examples you have found
> online, the hanshape of
> the dominanthand (left hand) varies.
> The citation form would look like I have described above
> but this changes
> when found in a phrase.
> Thanks,
> Alison
>
> 2009/5/18 Stefan W�hrmann <stefanwoehrmann at googlemail.com>
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>>  Hi Alison, Trevor ...
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>> this is terriffic
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>> Thank you soo much for your quick answer.
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>> Well now � signwriters are the sharp-eye signers � smile
>> . I looked up
>> various sources and there are quite obvious differences
>> in the performance
>> of the two �letters�  It is not easy to express all
>> information for the
>> parameters in a drawing ...
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>> Can you give your feedback once more?
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>> Thanks
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>> Stefan ;-)
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>> Variation A:
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>> http://www.deafsign.com/ds/fingerspell/fs_b2h_trans.cfm
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>> Variation B:
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>> http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/bsl.htm
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>> Both hands parallel to the floor
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>> Variation C:
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>> http://www.deafblind.com/deafsign.html
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>> Both hands parallel to the wall
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>> So can you tell me
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>> *Von:* alisonvere at gmail.com
>> [mailto:alisonvere at gmail.com]
>> *Gesendet:* Montag, 18. Mai 2009 16:43
>> *An:* stefanwoehrmann at googlemail.com
>> *Betreff:* SW: Manchester
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>> Dear Stefan,
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>> I am very new to the idea of signwriting and am still
>> learning the basics.
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>> The sign for Manchester used in Manchester by Deaf
>> people is M-C from the
>> BSL 2-handed fingerspelling alphabet produced in neutral
>> space.
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>> Here is my attempt at signwriting it...
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>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Alison
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>> Load message into
>> SignText<http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/signtext/signtext.html?list=01-05-012-01-04-08,95,163,01-06-005-01-06-02,119,171,02-01-001-01-01-01,105,170,01-05-029-02-02-01,155,153,,0%0d%0a%0D%0A>
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>> Courtesy of SignBank.org <http://www.signbank.org/>
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>> 442c1d694addc2db5402c2aea534f2a2 =
>> 442c1d694addc2db5402c2aea534f2a2
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