[Sw-l] SignSpelling with traveling wrist flex movements

AnnaGrace Greenfield msannagrace20 at GMAIL.COM
Wed Feb 9 18:05:45 UTC 2022


I think we're witnessing the evolution of one grammar point in SignWriting!

~ AnnaGrace

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 12:37 PM Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am going to start a new thread, but this now has me thinking about the
> SignSpelling and sorting with traveling wrist flex movements. :-)
>
> First question that comes to mind is should we be using with the wrist
> flex arrows instead for the SignSpelling? I understand that using it in the
> actual writing might mess things up in the actual spelling, such as when
> converted to SVG font, because of the overlapping of the wrist line and the
> traveling arrow stem. The reason I ask is because it is technically more
> accurate and might be more helpful for searching.
>
> The other question is more of a “chicken or egg” question. Ha! Should the
> wrist flex arrows come first in the SignSpelling Sequence for these
> traveling wrist flex movements, or should the traveling arrow come before
> the wrist flex? I have actually seen it both ways in our sorting. I am not
> sure if there is a specific reason for that.
>
> [image: namesign.png]
> Adam
>
> On Feb 9, 2022, at 9:22 AM, Valerie Sutton <sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG> wrote:
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> February 9, 2022
>
> Yes! That is correct. Glad you mentioned this, Adam. Those are Traveling
> Wrist Flexes.
>
> Here are some examples of Traveling Wrist Flexes:
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