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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Oct 20, 1999 8:08 pm Subject: SW in Peru | |
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>I am new to the sign writing list. Its very interesting reading all the >different messages. >I had read some info about sign writing about 18 years ago when I had been >new to interpreting. I thought it was very interesting but most people in >my area wernt too keen on the idea. So I put my old sign writing workbook >on the shelf. >Recently I saw info on the net about sign writng and forwarded the info to >my friend Julie in Peru. She came back to California for a visit and got >the computer program and other "stuff", so now I have become interested >in sign writing again. Two years ago my husband and I went to Peru and >met many Deaf people and visited the Lima area. We are planning on going >again in 2000. Cant wait !!! > >Caroline Davis Hines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October 20, 1999 Hello Caroline! Thanks for this great introduction and welcome to the SignWriting List!! I didn't realize that you were the person who had "put us in touch with Peru"!! When Julie from Peru contacted me, I had not connected your name with hers.....That is terrific - and thanks for that! Yes...18 years ago we had actually already been working for several years....SignWriting is 25 years old this month. One of my many postings to come is a "25th Anniversary Article" on the web, which will be a "History in Photographs". But 18 years ago was 1981, and that was the year that we published the first issue of the SignWriter Newspaper - it was a large newspaper all written by hand with ink pens.... SignWriter Newspaper https://www.SignWriting.org/hist005.html So I am not sure how you heard about SignWriting 18 years ago, but the Newspaper was one way...and then I taught a series of workshops in Los Angeles at that time too.... Anyway, glad you saw us on the web! Val ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWritingSite...Lessons Online https://www.SignWriting.org SignBankSite...Databases Online https://www.SignBank.org Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA |
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