Fwd: [sw-l] Hello from Portugal!

[Adam Frost]

Forgot to send this to the list as well.

Adam

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From: Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [sw-l] Hello from Portugal!
To: Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>


Well, the workshops (there were more than one!) are now done. All together I
would say that there were about 50-60 people, most of which were Deaf. It
was great. I have added their sign for Portugal which is nothing like what
we have been talking about. But I´m not that surprise about that.

It was really interesting to have it go from ASL to LGP as well as
Portugese. So all together there were three interpreters(!) I tried to cover
as much as I could as well as answer their questions. In fact, the morning
group seemed to be curious about your life in general since you were in
Denmark, but are an American. So I went to your valeriesutton site and they
were even more amazed that you had health issues growing up, but worked to
be a dancer. They thought that it was interesting that you pushed through
challenges even as they have to. For that they have a lot of respect for
you. (Amilcar who is one of the deaf interpreters for me wanted to make sure
I remember to tell you that. SMILE)
I have told the two groups about the SW list, so I hope that they will post
introductions and questions. I know that several of them are afraid of their
English, but I told them they can write in Portugese -- or even have a video
clip of them signing, but most don´t have webcams with their computer.

Adam
  On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>wrote:

> SignWriting List
> September 8, 2009
>
> Adam Frost (from Portugal) wrote:
>
>> I just wanted to let you all know that I am in Portugal safe and sound.
>> The people here are very interested in SignWriting, and we have some here
>> from Brazil. Tomorrow is the first workshop. Actually, now looking at the
>> time it is after midnight, so it is today. It seems so weird since it is
>> still Tuesday afternoon back home in the States. I guess I better get to bed
>> so that I am not drooping while I am giving a workshop. Hope to drop a line
>> now and then. Thinking of all my SignWriting friends. Good night.
>> Adam
>>
>
> Good night, Adam!
>
> And thank you for this message...it is so amazing to think of you writing
> from Lisbon, Portugal...
>
> Have a wonderful workshop tomorrow (or today ;-)...
>
> Please send our best wishes to everyone there...
>
> If participants want to post a message to the SignWriting List, they are
> very welcome to do so...
>
> Val ;-)
>
> PS. I had fun trying to write the sign for Portugal...the one that rubs
> down the center of the face is a unique sign and I ended up putting six
> different ways to write the sign in the Portuguese SignPuddle
> Dictionary...take a look:
>
> Portuguese SignPuddle
> http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=33
>
> Here is one that I like, but I look forward to finding out how people in
> Lisbon would prefer to write it...
>
>
>
>
>
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