User talk:TheBlueWizard

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Latest comment: 2 years ago by TheBlueWizard in topic Welcome
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Hi. We had someone once who was active in creating ASL entries (with the hand diagrams). I don't think anyone really works on it now. A pity. Here is some welcome stuff in case you ever need it.

Welcome

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Equinox 02:00, 2 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. I personally hate the XYZ@WHERE notation (it's hard to decipher what that means!), but it seems to be the "standard" here. I am partial to ASLwrite, but even that has some limitations (both language and transcribing). So I will stick to the "consulting" and rare contributions. The only other ase-N guy I see here is clearly inactive for a long time now, so I decide to step in there. TheBlueWizard (talk) 03:30, 2 December 2021 (UTC)Reply