<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<BR><DIV><DIV>February 9, 2006</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cherie at Georgia School for the Deaf wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT>That sign is a vehicle classifier, fishtailing or swerving ... Trying to write things that can't be easily glossed.</FONT> <FONT>Most of the movement, the 'fishtailing,' comes from the wrist flexing. The back end of the car is going all over (wrist flexes) while the car is continuing to move forward. I included the wrist flexes because they are the primary motion. I suppose I don't really need them, since I put the different hand facings in there... Like I said a while ago, I struggle with how much information is 'just enough' and how much is too much.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello Cherie and Everyone!</DIV><DIV>Thanks for this message. I cannot find the writing of this classifier now, that we were discussing. I wish I could, because it was an interesting writing to discuss...Can you make a short video clip of just that one sign and post it to the List? I think it will be a valuable discussion for several reasons...the issues of rotations versus flexing, and how much to write for everyday use etc...smile...and it could help to discuss classifiers and how to write them...smile....Val ;-)</DIV></BODY></HTML>