<br><font size=2><tt><i>Strange! I loaded one of Cherie's versions into
SignMaker to adapt it <br>
to an alternative I thought of and when it saved, it overwrote Cherie's
<br>
mainstream_2. I was intending mainstream_6 and though it would <br>
automatically write it in as #6 when I saved it as mainstream. I'm not
<br>
sure why it didn't. (Sorry, Cherie!)</i></tt></font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#000080><tt>No problem... Too many mainstream
kids anyway... (joke)</tt></font><font size=2><tt><br>
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<i>Anyway, I wanted to suggest this alternative in the spelling like in
<br>
the attached image. This keeps the handshapes apart. With the ending <br>
position, I don't know if we need athe twist on the arrow since the <br>
change in handshape already indicates that. Also, I think the surface <br>
symbol is useful here to show both hands, but you still know they are <br>
on top of each other. Finally, I sense more of a ending rub than an <br>
ending touch, so I replaced the touch with a rub. What do you think?
I <br>
thought this might help to keep the emphasis of the individual within a
<br>
group that the sign is clearly emphasizing.</i></tt></font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="sans-serif">As to the rub-- I've
seen it signed two ways: one, the hands contact early in the 'merge'
and they 'rub' into final position: and two, the hands stay separate
till the final position, when contact is made. I tend to sign it
more the second way, you must sign it more the first way. ::smile::
So, they're both right?</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="sans-serif">As to the surface symbol--
I asked about that one a long time ago, in regards to the sign "English,"
which I couldn't make sense of in something I was reading, because the
handshapes were on top of each other. At that time, I was told that
the surface symbol was pretty much used only in research, not in everyday
writing. So I have avoided it ever since. You are confusing
me now... ::holds head and whines:: </font>
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