<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>June 16, 2006</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Vanessa Hodge from North Carolina & Iowa (smile) wrote:<DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>My first question is, does the "middle-joint closes" symbol</DIV><DIV>show how many times the movement is performed or does it show which</DIV><DIV>fingers are doing the movement?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Hello Vanessa and SW List -</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">Middle-joint closes (also called a <B>Squeeze)</B>, represents how many times the movement is performed. O</SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">ne dot represents <B>1</B><B> squeeze</B>, and two dots represent <B>2</B><B> squeezes</B>...see diagram... continued next message...</SPAN></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:884CDD6C-7EC2-4E81-8A16-23564CCA760A@local"></SPAN></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><BR><DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>