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Valerie Sutton Date: Fri Jun 18, 1999 8:31 pm Subject: Re: Phonemic way of writing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 Susanne Bentele wrote: >acutally it's good to see that other people with other writing systems are >faced with the same criticism and the same problems...! HamNoSys is always >said to be way to phonetic (and in a way it is and must be for the purpose >it's been designed for). I was surprized to read that this was the case for >SignWriting, too! I wouldn't have thought.... >So there is hope... :-) It's a very fascinating development to watch, I >suppose! >Susanne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Susanne - Thanks for this message. I think it is great that HamNoSys was designed to be phonetic, and if that is the case, then any criticism on being "too phonetic" is unfounded. You have accomplished your goal! In regards to SignWriting, I was asked to develop it for accuracy back in 1974, at the University of Copenhagen. So it definitely started out "phonetically". But then...I decided to change...I wanted to be flexible and to "see what happens" if native signers wrote their respective languages around the world. I wanted it to become more than the equivalent to the International Phonetic Alphabet. So I chose to share the writing system with native signers, and then record the changes taking place...creating new textbooks based on the new way of writing. It has been exhausting but well worth it! And there is no question that it has evolved in a relatively natural fashion over the years and looks quite different now than it did in Copenhagen in 1974. For those who are interested in the history of SignWriting, you can read nine articles on our web site: History of SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org/sw140.html Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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