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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Valerie et al, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just curious, is the thumb on the side of the hand
or on the top of the hand. I understand the movement, I'm just looking at
the physical location of the thumb in relation to the back of the
hand.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Charles</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:hdevias@TUTOPIA.COM" title=hdevias@TUTOPIA.COM>Hector
Devia</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:SW-L@admin.humberc.on.ca"
title=SW-L@admin.humberc.on.ca>SW-L@admin.humberc.on.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 13, 2003 11:50
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tortoise sign</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Valerie Sutton and SW list</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thank you very much by your help regarding the proper way to
write the "CREATE" sign, I choosed the second form of "Val's Writing" and
I added it to my dictionary. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Regarding the proper way to write signs, I would like to ask
your feeling about the tortoise sign, as you can see it is an ASL loan sign
here in Colombia. The writing form of the ASL dictionary do not make
sense to me, because I read that the right hand palm faces up, but I need
to write the palm facing to the side, aditonally to show the thumb
finger closing twice. (left hand is on right hand) Am I interpreting the
signwriting symbols correctly?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hector Devia</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Colombia.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>