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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6>Hi
Natastha,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6> See the
attached diagram.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6> Hand
waving</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6>
André</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=signwriting@mac.com href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">Valerie
Sutton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">SignWriting List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=shash90@hotmail.com
href="mailto:shash90@hotmail.com">Natasha Escalada-Westland</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 13, 2008 11:01
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sw-l] Specific symbol</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>SignWriting List
<DIV>December 13, 2008</DIV>
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<DIV>On Dec 13, 2008, at 7:31 AM, Natasha Escalada-Westland wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV class=hmmessage style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">What
symbol would one use to describe a flat hand, pinky and thumb extended to
the side and three middle fingers straight and together?<BR> <BR>I had
a student use this handshape creatively as a classifier in a story (to
describe a werewolf's head), but I'm not sure there is an exact
symbol. I drew one myself and attached it.<BR> <BR>What do you
think?</DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Natasha and everyone -</DIV>
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<DIV>I think your writing is perfect...</DIV>
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<DIV>You found the closest symbol in the ISWA, which is the Flat Hand with the
Baby Finger extended, and added the thumb...that is the best you can do, since
the exact symbol is not in the ISWA...Symbol construction is necessary
sometimes...;-)</DIV>
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