problem in the symbol list

Charles Butler chazzer3332000 at YAHOO.COM
Tue May 2 13:27:11 UTC 2006


The thumb is sticking out perpendicular to the palm of the hand, that's why it's on the white side.  Else it would be on the other side (pictured on the black side) (as it is for normal flat hand).
   
  There is only so much information one can convey and still see the thumb independent of the palm.
   
  Charles
   
  

Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod <acpg at vtxnet.ch> wrote:
  did you see my answer to Charles... 

I don't have problem with the dot...  the white hand (palm facing me) and the dark hand (back of the hand towards me)... are just fine...

the problem is when the hand is to the side (palm facing left) both in the wall plane and in the floor plane... the first hand is correct but then all following hands have the thumb which is not in a protruding position but... only on the side of the hand... I think there is a problem... I haven't checked in SignPuddle if it's the same... I noticed that in the SignText offline version!

I'm not sure my question is clear!

Just wanted to add... I didn't teach to beginners... I would never teach such complicated symbols at the beginning... all the persons who took par tin the week-end did participate to the 2 days workshop 2 years ago.... and know about SW already....  some of them do hav a lot of practice, others needed a good repetition....
it was a week-end to practice together... and we worked a lot using SignText offline....

I know that a lot of symbols will never be used for LSF Switzerland.... it's not a problem... I understood that perfectly well...
Just give a look at SignText... and check this handshape please... I think only the first one is correct and all,following are wrong (thumb is not correcty placed!... Let me know!

Anny

> De : "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
> Répondre à : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Date : Mon, 1 May 2006 21:31:59 -0700
> À : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Objet : Re: [sw-l] problem in the symbol list
> 
> SignWriting List
> May 1, 2006
> 
> Anny -
> There is no problem with the symbol list, except that there are too  
> many symbols...You may never need many of the symbols there...Your  
> Sign Language may only need half of them...so it must have been hard  
> to teach beginners with so many advanced symbols...smile...oh  
> well...it at least will help you become familiar with the writing  
> system...
> 
> The thumb is forward, not to the side...so the dot represents the  
> thumb sticking out forward, or perpendicular to the palm of the  
> hand...I will try to find some pictures to show you, Anny...pictures  
> are worth a thousand words, as they say!
> 
> Below...
> This is well explained, Charles!
> 
> Charles Butler wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 

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