<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>August 19, 2005</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>On Aug 19, 2005, at 10:17 AM, Charles Butler wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD">From the video, the movement itself goes into the armpit three times.</FONT></DIV><DIV style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD">That would be in-between 3 times to me.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I wasn't able to see the video...It was in a format I am not setup for at the moment...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But regarding writing so many symbols....that is a lot of detail for everyday use...I really think a simpler spelling should be found for the sign for SCHOOL, which is a commonly written sign...I would think one in-between would be enough for reading the sign quickly for those who already know the sign...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I personally only use the double-inbetweens when there are no other movement symbols involved...imagine if you wanted to show inbetween-inbetween but with no other movement arrow...then the doubles are useful...but when you have movement arrows involved anyway, one inbetween is enough for reading for everyday use...because the double arrows take care of the double movement, and it is assumed that both movements come from an in-between...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Same thing for double brushes, versus single brushes...like with Nana's name sign...why write two brush symbols and two arrows, when one brush with two arrows still gives the same information? So Nana's name sign could be written with two brushes and no arrows, or one brush and two arrows, but why two brushes and two arrows?...That is too much information for a sign that you write everyday at the end of letters written by hand to friends! It gets discouraging to write by hand, with so much detail... (see number 2 in the attached)...It is not that either is wrong, it is just a hope that we can simplify spellings a little....</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><IMG src="cid:145B936D-B42C-4D75-A8B5-976FE43387BB@local"></DIV></BODY></HTML>