Indigenous sign for Manchester in Great Britain

Valerie Sutton sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG
Fri May 22 15:13:35 UTC 2009


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May 22, 2009

Hello Shane!
It has been a long time since we have heard from you...where are you  
now? Kenya, the Netherlands, or Northern Ireland? ;-)

Val ;-)

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On May 22, 2009, at 6:59 AM, Shane Gilchrist wrote:

> I know at least 5 BSL signs for Manchester!!!!!!!!!
>
> But yeah, the M.C. sign is a good suggestion.
>
> Shane
>
> 2009/5/18 Trevor Jenkins <bslwannabe at gmail.com>:
>> On  2009/5/18 Stefan Wöhrmann <stefanwoehrmann at googlemail.com> asked:
>>
>>> I am working on a text – somebody is travelling to Manchester – hm  
>>> – How
>>> to sign and how to write this in SW. Has anybody of you an idea of  
>>> the sign
>>> for Manchester as it is used by the DEAF in that region?
>>
>> Widest most recognised sign for Manchester is .M.C. ie just  
>> fingerspelling
>> the two main letters; remembering of course that this is with the  
>> two-handed
>> BSL fingerspelling alphabet. There may be a local indigenous sign but
>> typically those are only used by locals not by in-comers or  
>> visitors; to do
>> so can be considered very rude.
>>
>> Regards, Trevor.
>>
>> <>< Re: deemed!
>>
>>
>>
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