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Charles Butler wrote:
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<div>Cool, thanks Paul. I thought that perhaps with this new course
some of the rules might have changed, particularly if one is <b><i>doing
the flat hand without a finger bar with just two lines, since she gives
that as an option as well</i></b>. </div>
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<div>Charles<br>
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Yes, i think too, that a few rules will change as time goes by (as a
normal evolution process).<br>
Anyway i don't think that i can familiarize myself with flat hand
writing with just two bars.<br>
You shurely know that Valerie makes a difference between "SignWriting
Handwriting" and "SignWriting Shorthand" (they are completely
different)?<br>
Writing a flat hand with only two bars seems to me more like Val's
called "shorthand" (stenographic) writing ... but who knows ... future
will show if i adopt this way of writing (or even a mix of both) ;-)<br>
And you already mentionned, it is "an <i><b>option</b></i> as well".<br>
<br>
<a href="http://gehoerlos.plh.lu/?page=impressum">Paul Hendriks</a><a
href="http://gehoerlos.plh.lu/?page=impressum"><br>
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<b><i>Paul <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:gebaerdenschrift@plh.lu"><gebaerdenschrift@plh.lu></a></i></b>
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style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">Charles
Butler wrote:<br>
Valerie, could you please post exactly what to do with the flat hand <br>
parallel to the floor. If both the bottom and top are off, I don't see <br>
any way to separate the extended fingers.<br>
<br>
Charles<br>
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<br>
Hello Charles,<br>
Valerie explained this on an earlier Handwriting-Web-Lesson, please
take <br>
a look at this link:
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href="http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/cursive/curs011.html">http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/cursive/curs011.html</a><br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
*<br>
><br>
> *Horizontal Stroke Marks Hand<br>
> Parallel With Floor<br>
> *(Hand-Printing Only)<br>
><br>
> When typing by computer, the small space at the knuckle joint that
<br>
> represents the hand parallel with the floor is typed quickly by <br>
> tapping on a certain key on the computer keyboard.<br>
><br>
> When writing by hand, creating a symbol with a space at the
knuckle <br>
> joint can be time consuming.<br>
><br>
> Below you will notice that one horizontal stroke is used to
indicate <br>
> the space at the knuckle joint. It is faster to write than to
write a <br>
> perfect space by hand.<br>
><br>
> This quick horizontal stroke is written after the symbol is
completed, <br>
> a little like returning to "dot the i" when writing in English. It
is <br>
> important to make the stroke horizontal, and not diagonal.<br>
><br>
> Write vertical rows of each symbol below:<br>
><br>
*<br>
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