Christmas was so busy i put it aside for a little while.
The system so far:
German, Serbian, Greek, Thai, Malay, Spanish, Korean, Swedish,
English, Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian (and French not included in picture)
My theory is that there are the ten beginning words that any desperate traveller needs.
We can argue about the ten I've chosen:
- 1. hello
- 2. good
- 3. yes
- 4. no
- 5. thank you
- 6. go away
- 7. please
- 8. shit
- 9. how much?
- 10 good bye
I think it doesn't really matter too much.
My mission is to teach everyone in the world these ten meanings and the associated numbers.
When this is achieved we should be able to communicate with anyone on the planet just signing these 10 numbers.
Imagine rolling up at passport control and holding up one for hello, an eight when you find out your passport's expired and 10 for good-bye as you leave the airport to go home.
Four two as they say/sign!
All of the templates have been created by native speakers that I've encountered at the Rose St. Market in Fitzroy. The deal is they translate for me and add themselves to the archive and I give them one of my hand made badges and a place in the international language hall of fame.
Check out the beautiful script from Thailand.
Big thanks to all who have participated so far.
If you're in the vicinity of Fitzroy on a Saturday and can contribute,
I'd be happy to see you.
