<DIV>Only difficulty in yours valerie is that it doesn't show the hands stacked on top of each other, which is really hard to write. I'm not sure how to do that easily. I prefer the folding circle, as that was one of the first "shorthands" we used in Brazil. My shorthand was very close to yours, and was used almost immediately in the school where Marianne was teaching as that swirling circle is used in several signs.</DIV>
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<DIV><IMG alt=mundo_2 src="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-BR/dict/sl/mundo_2.png" align=middle border=0>mundo_2 <IMG alt=mundo_3 src="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-BR/dict/sl/mundo_3.png" align=middle border=0> mundo_4 (same sign from above with final As)</DIV>
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<DIV><IMG alt=linda-1 src="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-BR/dict/sl/linda-1.png" align=middle border=0>linda (beautiful) </DIV>
<DIV> <IMG alt=Marianne src="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-BR/dict/sl/Marianne.png" align=middle border=0> Marianne Stumpf (Nani) <IMG alt=mundo_5 src="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-BR/dict/sl/mundo_5.png" align=middle border=0> mundo_5 (yours)</DIV>
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<DIV>I can understand the shorthand of the Parkhursts, but it's not an "obvious" swirl to me as the "swirl in a circle" is. It looks more like "rapid closure of hand twice". </DIV>
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<DIV>Charles</DIV>
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<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>November 5, 2005<BR><BR>Hello Charles, Antonio Carlos, Cris, Sergio, Augusto and so many <BR>wonderful List members from Brazil!<BR><BR>Would any of you enjoy being an Editor of the Brazilian SignPuddle <BR>dictionary online? It is free and simple. I send you an invitation in <BR>an email message that gives you a link to click on, to establish your <BR>password. And from then on, you can delete, rename and change any <BR>sign in the Brazilian SignPuddle...so just write to me if you would <BR>like to be an Editor.<BR><BR>Charles - regarding the sign for Mundo...I think your different <BR>choices are all interesting and I do not have an opinion. I have <BR>added one alternative writing for you, to think about, in the <BR>Brazilian SignPuddle...<BR><BR>As you know, that finger-by-finger closing symbol with all the <BR>connected dots is very intricate and deta!
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Both the Parkhursts in <BR>Spain and Stefan in Germany teach another symbol too, that is <BR>simpler, and takes up less space...but it does not state which finger <BR>closes or opens first...but it still means one finger at a time...and <BR>maybe that is enough detail for the sign for Mundo...who knows? smile...<BR><BR>In this example I tried writing wrist circles instead of arms <BR>circles...I assume you will throw this example out of the Brazilian <BR>SignPuddle later and that is fine with me! ;-)<BR><BR>Thanks for your question!<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>