<DIV>Well, "smile" and "announce" make a good "minimal pair" then. Would be a good example for an advanced SW textbook. All of us tend to "think in what we know" rather than actually "read" a sign.</DIV>
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<DIV>Charles</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting List<BR>May 3, 2004<BR><BR>Bill Reese wrote:<BR>> I had a little trouble with "Announcing". I don't think that's what <BR>> you are saying but I don't know ASL enough to know what else that <BR>> movement may mean. Bill<BR><BR><BR>Hello Everyone, and Bill, and Stefan!<BR>Thanks for reading my email in ASL signs, Bill. You did a great job! <BR>Everything was perfect except for the one sign....<BR><BR>I am no great expert on ASL either! I prepared that email on the PUDL <BR>site, using English glosses...<BR><BR>Stefan guessed correctly...I was trying to write the sign for <BR>SMILE...it was rubbing in the mouth area, where the sign for ANNOUNCE <BR>moves forward without any symbols for rubbing...Please see the <BR>attached:<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>> ATTACHMENT part 2 image/png x-mac-type=504E4766; x-unix-mode=0644; x-mac-creator=3842494D;
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