<div>I think No. 3 is the closest as that would tend to show the whole hand wiggling in and out. </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks.</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <signwriting@MAC.COM></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting List<BR>November 6, 2006<BR><BR>> Charles Butler wrote:<BR>> I'm working on a flash card publication and I came across this sign <BR>> that seems to have a handshape not currently in IMWA. I've done it <BR>> as best I can here, but it's missing the 4th and 5th fingers which <BR>> pinch as the claws of a crab. I wasn't sure how to overlay those <BR>> 4th and 5th fingers to be able to show them as trying to add them <BR>> doesn't seem easily possible.<BR>><BR>> Here is my attempt. Followed by a link to the page (with permission <BR>> of the Author).<BR>>
http://www.dicionariolibras.com.br/website/dicionariolibras/ <BR>> dicionario.asp?cod=124&categoria=5#Scene_1<BR>> caranguejo (fresh-water crab).<BR><BR>-----------<BR><BR>Hello Charles!<BR>Thanks for this message. Attached are two ways that I would write <BR>this sign. I visited the web link above and looked at the sign, and <BR>for me anyway, it looks like the fingers are wiggling back and <BR>forth...so I added the Finger Movement.<BR><BR>Regarding new symbols in the IMWA...you are right that technically <BR>that handshape is not in the IMWA. The symbol we are using in this <BR>writing is very close however, and close enough that I think it is ok <BR>to write it this way for now...<BR><BR>To be very accurate, a new symbol would have to be added to the IMWA <BR>to show the fact that the base of the hand is not a square. The <BR>square rootshape means that the fingertips of the fourth and fifth <BR>fingers are touching the palm of the hand, and obviously that is
not <BR>true. The handshape really should have a C-shape as its rootshape, <BR>showing that the fourth and fifth fingers (the lowest fingers in the <BR>handshape) are in the shape of a C or curved...<BR><BR>But since my schedule is full right now, I will not be able to add <BR>this new symbol to the IMWA for some time...I think the way we have <BR>written this is ok for now!<BR><BR>Thanks for your message...(see attached diagram)...Val ;-)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>