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<DIV>Sandy and all,</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm going on instinct here, but this is how I would write it.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Sandy Fleming <sandy@scotstext.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi Val & everybody!<BR><BR>I was just going to ask this qestion about diagonals because I was tryign to<BR>write the BSL sign for "travel".<BR><BR>After reading your answers I still don't understand how to write it, though!<BR><BR>Here's an example of the sign written as seen by someone standing to the<BR>signer's left.<BR><BR>How do I write it from the expressive viewpoint?<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Sandy<BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>> [mailto:owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Valerie Sutton<BR>> Sent: 01 March 2005 04:10<BR>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] thumb diagonal down<BR>><BR>><BR>> SignWriting List<BR>> February 28, 2005<BR>><BR>> I would write gas, petrol, or benzin in these ways...the first one is<BR>> easiest...the second one!
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diagonal action of the wrist, which puts<BR>> the hand at a weird angle to make that diagonal wrist motion...So I<BR>> would not worry about the palm facing...that would only confuse the<BR>> point, which is the direction of the thumb...<BR>><BR>><BR><BR><BR>> ATTACHMENT part 2 image/gif name=travel.gif<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>I'm </DIV>