Can you read this email? ;-)

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
May 3, 2004

Hello Charles -
What is a minimal pair? And why would SMILE and ANNOUNCE be a mimimal 
pair?

Val ;-)

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On May 3, 2004, at 3:21 PM, Charles Butler wrote:

> Well, "smile" and "announce" make a good "minimal pair" then.  Would 
> be a good example for an advanced SW textbook.  All of us tend to 
> "think in what we know" rather than actually "read" a sign.
>  
> Charles
>
>
> Valerie Sutton <sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG> wrote:
> SignWriting List
> May 3, 2004
>
> Bill Reese wrote:
> > I had a little trouble with "Announcing".  I don't think that's what
>  > you are saying but I don't know ASL enough to know what else that
>  > movement may mean. Bill
>
>
> Hello Everyone, and Bill, and Stefan!
> Thanks for reading my email in ASL signs, Bill. You did a great job!
>  Everything was perfect except for the one sign....
>
> I am no great expert on ASL either! I prepared that email on the PUDL
>  site, using English glosses...
>
> Stefan guessed correctly...I was trying to write the sign for
>  SMILE...it was rubbing in the mouth area, where the sign for ANNOUNCE
>  moves forward without any symbols for rubbing...Please see the
>  attached:
>
>
>
>
>
> > ATTACHMENT part 2 image/png x-mac-type=504E4766; x-unix-mode=0644; 
> x-mac-creator=3842494D; name=announce-smile.png