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November 9, 2014

A beautiful statement, James, and lighting a spark, and passing the torch to the Deaf Nicaraguans, is a noble accomplishment -

Val ;-)

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On Nov 9, 2014, at 10:07 AM, James Shepard-Kegl <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thank you, as always, Valerie for your too kind words.
> 
> I do not think it is accurate or fair to say that we have established schools in Nicaragua -- although we were certainly instrumental in bringing education to Deaf children in Bluefields and Condega.  What we have done, however, was contribute substantially to the emergence of Deaf communities in those areas of the country (and in Bilwi, too) -- and this we did by fostering the spread of Nicaragua's indigenous signed language.
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> We lighted a spark -- but others did the rest, not the least of whom were the Deaf Nicaraguans themselves.
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> -- James
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> ---- Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
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>> Hello James!
>> Great to see your message here on the SignWriting List. I hope someone can help you with your question - Too bad I do not know Spanish or linguistics well enough to answer - Maybe the SLLING Sign Language Linguists List could help you?
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>> Meanwhile, I received your November 2014 report on the Nicaraguan Sign Language Projects - thank you! I have scanned it and attached the PDF to this email - I will send you something shortly. Sorry for the delay.
>> 
>> Congratulations and thank you for all the great work you are doing writing Nicaraguan Sign Language - it is impressive, how you keep going since earlier than 1996 - You and your family have established schools for Deaf children in Nicaragua, and written tons of Nicaraguan Sign Language literature using the SignWriting script -
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>> Please see attached - I will try to post it on the web too - Val ;-)
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