Signs for Cities and States - can you write the name of YOUR city and post to the List?

Fri Mar 29 15:29:24 UTC 2013

Hi Val,
they are in the Italian Puddle :-) you can move them if you want :-)
Claudia


2013/3/29 Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com>

> SignWriting List
> March 29, 2013
>
> Hello Claudia, Kelly Jo, Ingvild, Charles, Stefan, Adam and everyone -
>
> All these signs are wonderful - thank you!
>
> I hope if you write more, that you can write them directly in this
> SignPuddle file online:
>
> International Sign Dictionary Online
> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=35
>
> I am not sure where you wrote your signs, Claudia and Kelly Jo - Perhaps
> with the PersonalPuddle? And that is fine…but if they are in a public
> puddle please tell us, so we can transfer them to the International
> Dictionary Online faster -
>
> No matter what, keep sending names of cities and states and countries -
> These signs should all be internationally used, and it is a great database
> to have -
>
> Val ;-)
>
> -------
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2013, at 6:33 AM, Claudia S. Bianchini <chiadu14 at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> Ups... I've done a mistake in Paris...
>
>
>
> 2013/3/29 Claudia S. Bianchini <chiadu14 at gmail.com>
>
>> Hello... here are my cities:
>> Rome: where I was born
>> Perugia: where was my university
>> Modena: where I live when I'm not working
>> Paris: where I've done my PhD
>> Poitiers: where I work at university
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/3/29 KJ Boal <kjoanne403 at signwriting.org>
>>
>>> I have a few here:****
>>>
>>> Red Deer (where I currently live):****
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Which is in the province of Alberta:****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Edmonton, the capital of my province and the city where I was born:****
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Leduc, where I really grew up; the city is near an international
>>> airport, so the sign looks like an airplane taking off:****
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Calgary, the other major city in my province, technically has two
>>> possible signs. This is the old one, which isn’t used any more – and
>>> there’s a story behind that! ****
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>> This sign refers to spurs on cowboy boots, because Calgary’s biggest
>>> claim to fame is the internationally-renowned rodeo called the Calgary
>>> Stampede. However, Edmonton and Calgary have a MAJOR rivalry – if you’re
>>> from one city, you’re expected to hate everything about the other!  In the
>>> spirit of that rivalry, the Edmontonian Deaf began joking that the sign was
>>> really related to the sign for “garbage” and the Calgary was “garbage”. The
>>> Calgarian Deaf, offended, decided to change the sign.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> This is what they changed it to:****
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Personally, I’m sorry they changed it! The original sign had more
>>> character, in my opinion. But I don’t subscribe to the rivalry between the
>>> cities . . . much. (smile) Anyway, hope that’s not too many signs all at
>>> once!****
>>>
>>> KJ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> *From:* SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages [mailto:
>>> SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Valerie Sutton
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:25 PM
>>> *To:* SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
>>> *Subject:* Signs for Cities and States - can you write the name of YOUR
>>> city and post to the List?****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> SignWriting List****
>>>
>>> March 27, 2013****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Dear SW List:****
>>>
>>> Recently a Deaf guest from Ireland, Shane Gilchrist, visited us here in
>>> La Jolla, and suddenly there were Deaf friends visiting in my home, from
>>> all over San Diego!****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> It was a lot of fun for me in particular, because I have been a bit
>>> isolated here - ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> I learned a few signs that were new to me. One of them is the name of
>>> the city where I live, La Jolla, California.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> The sign for La Jolla is similar to the sign for California, except the
>>> hand stays in one place while shaking… I just wrote it in the ASL
>>> SignPuddle Dictionary:****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=4&sid=1995****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> What is the sign for YOUR city?****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Val ;-)****
>>>
>>>
>>> Valerie Sutton
>>> SignWriting List moderator
>>> sutton at signwriting.org
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Claudia S. Bianchini, PhD
>> A.T.E.R. Licence SDL-LSF @ Univ. Poitiers (France)
>> chiadu14 at gmail.com <chiadu14 at gmail.comt>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Claudia S. Bianchini, PhD
> A.T.E.R. Licence SDL-LSF @ Univ. Poitiers (France)
> chiadu14 at gmail.com <chiadu14 at gmail.comt>
>
>
>


-- 
Claudia S. Bianchini, PhD
A.T.E.R. Licence SDL-LSF @ Univ. Poitiers (France)
chiadu14 at gmail.com <chiadu14 at gmail.comt>
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