<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">SignWriting List</FONT><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">January 9, 2006</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR></FONT><DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Cherie from Georgia, in the US, wrote:</FONT></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">That's the reason I asked about point of contact making a difference, because many people 'mispronounce' my name sign-- they contact with the thumb to the chin, when it should be the index finger to the chin.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yes. This is exactly the reason why, years ago, members of our Deaf Action Committee decided (along with me), that writing the positions of contact was very important, because apparently the place of contact is important to the meaning in signs...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So although it may be a bit much to have to write the head twice in your name sign, I think it is the most accurate...See my next messages to Stuart to read about other issues revolving around double contacting...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So your name sign attached is well written...very clear it is the index finger contacting!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Perhaps some of the classrooms at Georgia School for the Deaf would enjoy joining the SignWriting Literacy Project? Free materials are available...Go to this web page to read about it:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignWriting Literacy Project</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/teachers/teach001.html">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/teachers/teach001.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN><IMG src="cid:35A88BFF-47D4-4351-A459-D6F9666DC627@local"></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>