Jonathan wrote:<br><br><br> Should be written with all the symbols as <img alt="" src="http://attach.mud.mail.yahoo.com/us.f431.mail.yahoo.com/ym/us/ShowLetter?box=Inbox&MsgId=666_26415920_12844342_3071_11071_0_303223_22939_226456361&bodyPart=2.5&YY=42753&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&Idx=0" height="50" width="197"> which wouldn't be a wrist flex at all but rather a rotation.<br> <br>This isn't the end position that is trying to be shown with a flex symbol. The hand moves down to a 45 degree angle not onto the PALM UP plan, think of shaking something off of one's hands, the hands stay facing the reader, the flex is actually from a straight angle to a 45 degree angle. It truly does stay FACING THE READER not PALM UP.<br><br>Charles<br><br><br><b><i>Jonathan <duncanjonathan@yahoo.ca></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left:
5px;"> Hi list,<br>Wrist flexes and rotation have been difficult for me up to know. <br>However the latest discussions here on the list have helped clear a lot <br>of things up for me. Though some aspects still elude me. This is what <br>I have come understand and please feel free to let me know if I am wrong <br>or you feel that I am wrong on any of these issues.<br><br>*Rotations*<br>/General rules/<br><br> 1. Rotations have axis-lines around which the hand rotates. The<br> axis-line goes through the middle finger of the hand. The hand<br> does not travel around the axis-line as would a normal movement<br> but rather rotates around it, the axis-line staying static in the<br> center of the hand.<br> 2. There are two type of axis-lines. The double-lined axis-line<br> parallel to the wall plane for a hand that is in the wall plane. <br> The single-lined axis-line is parallel to the floor plane for hand<br> symbols that are in
the floor plane.<br> 3. The rotation arrow is always perpendicular to the axis-line. That<br> is always around the axis-line.<br> 4. Rotations with an arrowhead on the axis-line can travel up or down<br> the axis line. Rotations cannot travel in any other direction. <br> Static axis-lines do not have an arrowhead and do not travel in<br> any direction whatsoever.<br> 5. The rotation arrow can either represent the curve of the thumb<br> movement around the axis-line or the curve of the baby finger<br> movement around the axis-line. /*(I don't know how to distinguish<br> the two, could someone please help)*/<br> 6. A rotation ALWAYS involves a change of the palm facing if both the<br> beginning and ending hands where to be written. It however NEVER<br> changes from one plane to the other. Not only are the beginning<br> and ending axis-lines are ALWAYS parallel, they are also ALWAYS<br> lined up.<br><br>/What
is confusing about previous explanations/<br><br> 1. As Adam has mentioned, _"Right. Which is where the confusion comes<br> in. The definition of the rotation symbol is that the arm and hand<br> are on the same line. The sign for wow is not."_ the axis-line of<br> the hand and the axis-line of the are not always the same. In the<br> previous explanations they are assumed to be the same . This is<br> not the case for example if the hand is flexed 90 degrees from the<br> arm. Contrary to Charles comment, though I didnīt grasp the last<br> part of his comment, _"Then the definition is wrong. It should<br> follow the ARM rotation always, that way the movement is<br> consistent. The arm does not travel which the general travel<br> implies." _ I think that being that we are interested mainly in<br> the hand movement and not the arm movement, we should talk about<br> the axis-line in reference to the hand not the
arm.<br> 2. I have yet to understand which rotations represent the baby finger<br> and which represent the thumb and which should be used when. I see<br> there is a reference to the Push-Pull Writing Rules in the chapter<br> Axial Movement in the Lessons in SignWriting Textbook. But which<br> pages are they on? Please help me on this one.<br><br><br>*Wrist Flexes*<br>/General rules<br>/<br><br> 1. The line going through the middle finger is anchored at the middle<br> of the wrist line (point of pivot) but describes an arc at the end<br> of the middle finger.<br> 2. The line through the middle finger is not drawn on the wrist flex<br> symbol but rather a line cutting the wrist over which the wrist<br> bends.<br> 3. Generally entails flexing the wrist. Sometimes a rotation of the<br> wrist if it is already bent in regards to the arm.<br> 4. If the wrist flex movement is in the same plane as the hand, there<br> is
no change in palm facing if the beginning and ending hands are<br> written. If the wrist flex movement changes from one plane to the<br> other there is change in palm facing.<br> 5. The beginning and ending lines through the middle finger are NEVER<br> parallel that is never along the same line. Both line ALWAYS have<br> a common point at the middle of the wrist.<br><br>/What is confusing about previous explanations/<br><br> 1. What the line represents in the flex movement symbol. Before, I<br> could never figure out which way to flop the hand. It seemed<br> logical to me at the time to try and flop the hand around the<br> line. Which sometimes made the sign nonsensical. Valerie wrote<br> _"In Wrist Flexes, the wrist is cut by a line, which is the axis...so<br> the line does not represent the forearm...it is an imaginary line<br> cutting the wrist...I was wrong before..."_ I believe this means<br> like
cutting the wrist off the line separating the hand from the<br> forearm. Yes makes perfect sense for "Yes-Yes". But some signs<br> just don't make sense if this is the case. <br><br>For example: If Yes-Yes is actually <br><br><br>Then where the wrist line is not anywhere close to the wrist. <br><br><br>Should be written with all the symbols as which wouldn't be a wrist flex <br>at all but rather a rotation.<br><br>It seems to me that it would make more sense if it was written as But <br>we don't have this a wrist flex symbol. At least I don't think so.<br>This is why it is so hard to define this line. It's mean one thing for <br>Yes-Yes sign but doesn't represent anything for the Wow sign except that <br>the symbol is a wrist flex.<br><br><br>*<br>Special cases*<br>When there is a rotation and a wrist flex simultaneously.<br>Could also be written but is much harder to read than just writing the <br>beginning and ending hands.<br><br><br>Looking
forward to all of your comments.<br><br>Jonathan<br><br></blockquote><br>