Re: Origins of ASL and ASL peculiarities
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 23, 2002, 13:24 |
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Adam Walker wrote:
> There's been a movement toward using the local sign names for places.
> Practically all the signs for nations have been changed in the last decade.
> Not just the countries that have split, merged or changed official names.
> ASL has chose to borrow the native name and discard the older names for
> countries.
ASL is one handed, isn't it? How do they borrow two-handed SL names?