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From:
Charles Butler Date: Wed Jan 20, 1999 4:54 am Subject: Re: word lists | |
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Joe Martin wrote: > > This happened; > The Sign language club at our school wanted to print up something to give new visitors; someone suggested the manual alphabet; that idea was soundly defeated, and in the process the idea came up that if you are willing to learn 26 letters, why not learn 26 ASL signs--you could communicate pretty well with those. > So now, the question is, which 26 signs? It occurs to me that somebody > must have compiled a frequency list (even if only mentally) of what signs are needed most in Signing...........and of course I have the devious idea that I could just write them out in Signwriting........ > Anybody have any ideas about which signs to include?? My list HELLO FRIEND DEAF SIGN CLUB WRITE THANKS WELCOME FAMILY CHAT NAME YOU ME EAT FOOD DRINK HAPPY MEET HOME LOVE That's 20, good luck. |
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