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From:  Charles Butler
Date:  Mon May 28, 2001  10:54 am
Subject:  Re: QUESTION: Why write Sign Language?


Another reason for having a written Sign Language.

- The Hearing/Listening members of Deaf families.

Imagine, if you will, a parent, having a Deaf child,
but not able to read the signs of sign language
because they move so rapidly. If they are written
down, they are the same signs, the same grammar, but,
THEY DON'T MOVE. They can be reviewed, looked over,
studied, and pondered, and questions can be asked
about them.

I could imagine, years hence, a person fluent in
written ASL who cannot read a single word of it on a
person's hands, but is completely fluent in the
written language.

Charles Butler



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