Hi Charles,

this „pulling your ear“ sign for birthday is interesting.

Well – you know that I know about your name sign – smile – I canot find that on the word document you sent – perhaps a different seize in format???

I am talking about the sign following the “with” sign – see attached screenshot – have a look at the two five-hands – smile

Best

Stefan

Von: SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von Charles Butler
Gesendet: Freitag, 22. Februar 2013 20:08
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The "pulling your ear" sign is from an old Pennsylvania Dutch sign of pulling your ears on your birthday. I learned it years ago at Gallaudet and thought some people might want to discuss it. It's in the dictionary already, I didn't put it there.

The last sign in the last column is my name sign. It means crazy with a C. That's me.

Charles Butler
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--- On Fri, 2/22/13, Stefan Wöhrmann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Stefan Wöhrmann <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: AW: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU VALERIE
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Date: Friday, February 22, 2013, 2:02 PM

Hi Charles – what an interesting sign for „birthday“ pulling the ear downwards twice –

Which signlanguage is this taken from?

You may want to mirror each five-hand in the last sign - smile

Does it mean “more”?

All best Stefan

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Gesendet: Freitag, 22. Februar 2013 19:28
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Here you go.

Charles Butler
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Subject: Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU VALERIE
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Date: Friday, February 22, 2013, 12:10 PM

SignWriting List

February 22, 2013

Hello Tini!

Yes, time certainly does fly! Who would have thought, back in Copenhagen in a dance studio in the 1970's when we first met, that you and I would be communicating by email so many years later - I am now age 62 …imagine that…and now you use SignWriting as well as DanceWriting...

Thank you for your hugs - hugs back!

Val ;-)

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On Feb 22, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Pel Tini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Wow, Stefran is right, time sure flies

Have a wonderful day Valerie and as Stefan says, imagine all your thankful SW. friends around you. There may not be room in your district for all of them.

Thank you Valerie for everything.

with love and a bigggggg huggggg.

Henk and Tini.

On 2013-02-22, at 4:40 AM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:

Hello Valerie,

– it is time again (already!!!) to send my greeting card.

Especially created for this special event!! Look at this Great Tit – isn`t it a cute smile ...?

– Just imagine to have a long table with lots of SW-friends from all over the world. You make us feel happy! Thank you so much for sharing your invention with us – and the willingness to discuss it.

Happy birthday and all the best! Take care -

Thanks so much for all what you are doing for us.

Stefan ;-)