[SignWriting] Flying Bird

Sandy Fleming sandy at FLEIMIN.DEMON.CO.UK
Sat Jun 19 17:35:42 UTC 2004


Trevor wrote:

> Not a classifer I've seen used. Neither does it "feel right" but I'm
> willing to bow to Sandy's greater knowledge.

To tell the truth I only saw it for the first time last night - which is why
I'm trying to write it this morning.

It was used by a mother of two young deaf children, so possibly a children's
thing? She's an avid collector of signs she can use with her children, and
has taught me signs for "Pooh", "Tigger", "Harry Potter", and many other
things that just don't seem to exist in my world, or in BSL dictionaries!

The "flying bird" thing did look odd when I saw it, but I can't think of a
better way to show a bird in flight in BSL. How would you do it?

Even so, it needs to be written!

Sandy



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