[sw-l] Mixing plane

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
June 7, 2005

Dear SW List and Charles!
There are many weird signs entered into the US SignPuddle! And I do  
not know the source, if the person who was the source, does not write  
who they are!

I have started the big job of trying to fix 10 signs a day, in the US  
SignPuddle...but there are a lot of signs and I hadn't gotten to that  
one yet! I am not an expert on ASL, so I am not making decisions for  
the language...I am changing the Graphics Only entries, to SWML. And  
as i do that, I try to improve the SignWriting as I am going along...

So I agree. I don't believe these examples you show me are correct,  
Charles. If you are an editor of the ASL dictionary, you can change  
them yourself. Would you like to be an Editor?

Val ;-)

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On Jun 6, 2005, at 3:03 PM, Charles Butler wrote:

> Query, Valerie, what is the source of the sign "Prophecy" in the  
> ASL sign puddle.
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> the sign for Prophesy (the verb) has the orientation of the non- 
> dominant flat plane hand with the palm down.
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> The sign for "prophecy" (the noun) has the orientation of the non- 
> dominant flat plane hand apparently with the palm up, an awkward  
> position at best.
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> Is this really the sign for prophecy?  It does not seem to match  
> the sign in Lottie Riekehoff's "Joy of Signing" where the palm is  
> clearly facing "down," not "up,"
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> Interestingly enough, following that book, the orientation of the  
> moving hand actually does a flip.
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> Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
> SignWriting List
> June 6, 2005
>
> Hello Sergio!
> I prefer your first writing. Yes. We mix two planes within one sign
> all the time. I believe the first one is better, because the symbols
> are less complex. There may be others who disagree,
> though..smile...So you can technically write it either way and it is
> correct.... Val ;-)
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> Sergio wrote:
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> > Dear SW List,
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> > I want ask to you if can I mixing two plane or point of view in a
> > Sign. Example:
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>  Or the rule say that I need make it in the same plane, example:
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>  What is better ?
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> > Thank you,
> >
> > Sergio Ribeiro

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