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From: James.Womack@f14.n300.z1.fidonet.org (James Womack)
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Subject: Re: Different Sign Languages
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Date: 27 Nov 90 21:35:01 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Well, Ann, there are two kinds of SEE sign language. Seeing Essentoal 
English and Seeing Exact English. I will leave it to SEE advocates 
to go into detail on this because though I was instructed in several 
English focused sign languages while in graduate schol in California, 
I dumped them in short order because too many deaf people inthe real 
world did not understand or accept it. I also found they confused the 
heck out of too many students.
 
There was LOVE=Linguists Of Visual English. I hear it is dead.
You got signs in ASL which are particular to geographical regions and 
ethnic groups. There is talk of Pidgin Signed English, MCE PSE etc 
etc. I don't pay most of them any mind because the deaf community considers 
them to be hearie creations that have nothing to do with deafies.

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