<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>December 15, 2005</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Stuart Thiessen wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Geneva">I think there is a spelling error here though, Valerie. I suspect the variation being discussed is where the right hand (dominant hand) touches the back of the left hand (non-dominant hand) twice with somewhat of a grasping or touch motion. I haven't seen a variation of English where both hands actually move up and down while being grasped.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Hello Stuart -</DIV><DIV>Glad you wrote. Just want to tell you I have not forgotten your need to write the various versions of the sign for Hey...that will come shortly...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Regarding the two signs that our DAC members wrote years ago (they are not my signs!)...neither of those signs have movement up and down evenly...as you can see by the attached...The second one is down twice...the emphasis is on the down-down...it actually slaps the top of the left hand almost...I believe that was Kathy Say's sign...I can write to ask her...For me to throw out a sign that a Deaf person entered...I don't think I have that right, but I can write to her to discuss it with her...smile...it is not my sign, but Cherie just said she has seen that sign too...maybe it needs a Strike Symbol...we can try to find a videoclip of that variation someday and make a final decision later...smile...Please feel free to enter your own version of ENGLISH in SignPuddle and that way we can compare later ;-))</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN><IMG src="cid:2FA61AB9-9564-4846-A812-6248C05E9DB7@local"></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>