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Wayne in Maine Date: Thu May 4, 2000 6:43 pm Subject: Kalimera! I'm back from Greece | ||||||||
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Valerie - Hello! Yes, I am back from Greece. The trip was OK, but I have to admit that I was very much put off by the fact that it seemed like everybody smoked and there were no non-smoking sections in public places. I've been told that all of Europe is like that. Living in the fresh air of Maine I've become spoiled, and the smoke was a shock to my system. It colored my entire trip. : ( While there I gave a presentation on my research to a group of hearing and Deaf researchers of Greek Sign Language. They're in the process of putting together a dictionary of GSL on DVD. They're starting with a core vocabulary of 3000 signs. Their team includes members of the Deaf community, hearing and Deaf linguists, and is being supported by the Greek government through the IEL, an agency which promotes research and development of language training materials for natives and non-natives alike. Of course I made a strong statement in support of SignWriting. Two of the people whose names you sent to me were in the audience. One, Galini Sapountzakis, was one of the interpreters (the 2 interpreters were incredible, going directly from spoken English to Greek Sign Language!). I recommended to all that they visit the SignWriting website for more information. Has the JSL video transcription project started yet? I was in no-mail mode during the trip, and only had time for a cursory glance at the SW-L archives. What am I supposed to do first? Thanks for thinking of me! : ) Love, - Wayne Valerie wrote: >Meanwhile...is Wayne Smith home from Greece yet? How was your trip, Wayne? | ||||||||
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