[Sw-l] To "V" or not to "V", that is the question.

Sun Feb 13 14:26:58 UTC 2022

Hi Carlos,

I am impressed by your knowledge of ASL.

Can you tell me, how did you learn ASL?

Thanks,
AnnaGrace

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 9:18 AM Carlos Cristian Libras <
carloscristianlibras at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am very happy to know a little more about you AnnaGrace.
> I am glad to hear that you see the benefits of SW for deaf students.
>
> I like to tell my students that in a few years time, sign writing, whether
> by the SW sutton method or other methods, will be very popular and common
> among the deaf.
> We who are starting this work in practice will be remembered by the
> history books as "those who took the first steps in the right direction."
>  When we are dead, of course, maybe 200 years from now, our names will be
> in the history books of the deaf people. And I believe that you and I have
> more potential for that, because we are deaf.
>
> I just wanted to leave my encouragement here, let's keep moving forward in
> the education of the deaf, because the future depends on what we do today.
>
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 11:10 AM AnnaGrace Greenfield <
> msannagrace20 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All (again),
>>
>> Below is the same message I recently emailed. I caught two English
>> mistakes a second after I emailed it. (Slapping myself on my forehead!)
>> I made the corrections, and they are highlighted in yellow. I apologize
>> for the inconvenience!
>> Thanks, and chat with you soon!
>> ~ AnnaGrace
>> ===========================================================
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> You've been seeing more of my messages lately. You may wonder who I
>> really am.
>>
>> Well, allow me to properly introduce more about myself.
>>
>> I live in the United States. I am Deaf, and I am fluent in both ASL and
>> American English. I have been deaf since birth.
>>
>> I have a BA and MBA degrees. I used to be an accountant, but I switched
>> my career to the education industry.
>>
>> I have been tutoring both d/Deaf and hearing people on the subjects of
>> sign language, business, and English.
>>
>> It is my wish to improve English literacy among the d/Deaf population,
>> and I believe that signing literacy (or sign literacy)
>> in the form of SignWriting would greatly aid them to learn language
>> skills.
>>
>> Thank you to each and every one of you who have read my messages and have
>> responded to them. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
>>
>> With warm regards,
>>
>> AnnaGrace
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 9:01 AM AnnaGrace Greenfield <
>> msannagrace20 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> You've been seeing more of my messages laterly. You may wonder who I
>>> really am.
>>>
>>> Well, allow me to properly introduce more about myself.
>>>
>>> I live in the United States. I am Deaf, and I am fluent in both ASL and
>>> American English. I have been deaf since birth.
>>>
>>> I have a BA and MBA degrees. I used to be an accountant, but I switched
>>> my career to the education industry.
>>>
>>> I have been tutoring both d/Deaf and hearing people on the subject of
>>> sign language, business, and English.
>>>
>>> It is my wish to improve English literacy among the d/Deaf population,
>>> and I believe that signing literacy (or sign literacy)
>>> in the form of SignWriting would greatly aid them to learn language
>>> skills.
>>>
>>> Thank you to each and every one of you who have read my messages and
>>> have responded to them. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>> With warm regards,
>>>
>>> AnnaGrace
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 6:31 PM Stefan Woehrmann <
>>> 000000068eb2df61-dmarc-request at listserv.valenciacollege.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Valerie,
>>>>
>>>> you are such an exceptionally patient teacher. What a wonderful lecture
>>>> about the background of why we write as we do ...
>>>>
>>>> Looking at the "Cooling Down Dance" written by Susanne Pach....well I
>>>> wrote a movement dance for two people/groups and performed it on stage. I
>>>> am not sure if this is included in your downloads collection. hm ??
>>>>
>>>> Well ...creating new symbols for handshapes is a difficult procedure.
>>>>
>>>> Do you remember our work with the Ethiopian SignWriting-Alphabet....so
>>>> many hours of work...and so much fun...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs6/sw0579_ET_DE_SignWritingReport2009.pdf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [image: grafik.png]
>>>>
>>>> Have a great Sunday
>>>>
>>>> Stefan
>>>>
>>>> Am Sa., 12. Feb. 2022 um 23:21 Uhr schrieb AnnaGrace Greenfield <
>>>> msannagrace20 at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> HI Valerie,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your rich information in your recent email! It is
>>>>> certainly the highlight of my day!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please be assured that I am not suggesting
>>>>> to replace the[image: image.png]glyph with this[image: image.png]
>>>>> glyph.
>>>>>
>>>>> I apologize for any misunderstanding. (I had said it "*looks* like
>>>>> 'K'." I did not say "that should be a sign for 'K'.")
>>>>>
>>>>> It makes sense to me to use this [image: image.png]glyph to represent
>>>>> a handshape used for the letters "K" or "P" in ASL, as well as
>>>>> any other signs that appropriately use this particular handshape.
>>>>>
>>>>> Right now, I am researching and typing up notes. As soon as I am done,
>>>>> I will certainly share them with you.
>>>>>
>>>>> In my next email, I will write a biography of myself. Coming up soon!
>>>>>
>>>>> With appreciation,
>>>>>
>>>>> AnnaGrace
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 3:41 PM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> SignWriting List
>>>>>> February 12, 2022
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This darling diagram is written by Susanne Pach, who taught a
>>>>>> workshop on SignWriting in England, for Maureen Doyle, at Practice Makes
>>>>>> Perfect in Southport, years ago. This is from a game that Susanne
>>>>>> constructed called the cooling down dance. Notice the use of the two hand.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Games in SignWriting
>>>>>> https://www.signwriting.org/lessons/games/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs7/sw0611_SignWriting_CoolingDownDance_SuzannePach.pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________________________
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>> ________________________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION
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>>>>>
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>>>> ________________________________________________
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>> ________________________________________________
>>
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>>
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> ________________________________________________
>
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>
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>
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