I vote for #3! Easy to write, and not too hard to memorize.<br>
-- Kim from Boston<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Valerie Sutton</b> <<a href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
SignWriting List<br>January 20, 2007<br><br>Stuart Thiessen wrote:<br>> I am transcribing a video and noticed that the eye-blinks in this<br>> video seem significant. As far as I can tell from the Archives and<br>> the website, we have not discussed that issue online. I am curious
<br>> if any of you have written blinks before. For now, I am thinking of<br>> just writing it as closed eyes or two heads with one having closed<br>> eyes then one having open eyes. Sometimes, this happens during the
<br>> pause between signs. I have noticed that in ASL, the eyeblinks can<br>> indicate almost an end of sentence or end of thought or transition<br>> between thoughts. I haven't studied this in enough detail to be
<br>> sure of that conclusion though. Any thoughts or feedback on writing<br>> this? Thanks, Stuart<br><br>Hello Stuart and Everyone -<br><br>My one message for today ;-)<br><br>Here are 4 possible new symbols that could be added to the
<br>IMWA...Years ago I wrote some of these possibilities on a piece of<br>paper and when you mentioned it, I found the paper...and wanted to<br>share with you...what do you think of these four symbols? (see<br>attached)....
<br><br>The top two...1 and 2... fit with fluttering eyelashes, and fit with<br>our general arrow system...number 3 with the line through a circle,<br>is the easiest to write by hand and takes the least space...number 4<br>
is gentle and easy to write...<br><br>I saw your blending the two, Stuart, and that is not a bad idea<br>too...the symbol ends up looking a little strange though, when you<br>blend them, so that is why I separated them..but I am open to
<br>suggestions...<br><br>There is also a squeeze tension symbol that could be added for a<br>tense blink...<br><br>Do any of these make sense for blinking motion to you?<br><br>Once we decide on them, then we just memorize what they are supposed
<br>to mean...and I will add them to the IMWA... Val ;-)<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>