[sw-l] FINGER MOVEMENT Alternating

[Charles Butler]

I don't understand why the "thumb" cannot be considered a "finger" when writing alternating finger movement, unless you have some other way to write movement, compare pistol, and bird.

  bird,  pistol.  Both of these would not be misunderstood with the


 symbol, as how else could you move the index and the thumb together twice. I'm definitely confused...... Charles Butler

Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
SignWriting List
March 1st, 2005

FINGER MOVEMENT Alternating
Alternating Finger Movement Symbols can only be used when there are at
least two fingers doing the alternating (nothing to do with the
thumb)...

Can you see why this sign cannot be written this way? What do you think
the writer meant to write? smile...Try writing it again and post your
new writing to the List...This will be fun!




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