[Sw-l] Writing Signs Understood Internationally

Wed Mar 18 15:38:09 UTC 2015

Then I would suggest 3 separate international Sign Puddles:
- 1 for the local names for countries,  etc as they are signed  there. Could also hold central concepts such as Deaf, Sign, Sign Language etc of that language/country/region
- 2 what you call "official International Sign Language Dictionary" or most commonly used signs internationally
- 3 Gestuno, if that still exists as more than a concept

Ingvild 

Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:45:33 -0400
From: andre-andre at HOTMAIL.CA
Subject: Re: Writing Signs Understood Internationally
To: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU

Hello,
it would be nice to find and purchase an official International Sign Language dictionnary or Gestuno and fill it with well formed SignWriting.

We discussed this matter last SignWriting open office hours with Skype.   It would be nice to distinguish between the international sign language and Gestuno so we focus efforts on the most used. 
Mean while, we can look volunteer based dictionaries at 
http://www.culinan.net/index.php

and
http://www.sematos.eu/isl.html
or in French sign language:
there are even 2 links toward SignPuddle:
http://www.sematos.eu/lsf.html André Lemyre

Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:54:50 -0700
From: signwriting at MAC.COM
Subject: Writing Signs Understood Internationally
To: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU

SignWriting ListMarch 17, 2015
Dear SW List Members!
There are some signs that are used in many sign languages, and can be read by most signers…
For example, let’s discuss the sign for WRITE or WRITING.
I believe that many sign languages use these signs. Do you agree? There may be a difference in handshape, but they still would be understood by foreign signers reading the signs because the sign is so universal…

They all look like someone holding a pen or pencil, and making the motion of writing across a palm of the hand, or down in columns or down a blackboard, or with a flourish, and it would be hard to say what sign language the sign comes from…There are probably many more variations upon the same theme...
Can we call these “international signs”?  I would like your feedback -
They could be placed in our “International Signs Puddle”…
http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=35
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