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Valerie,<br>
This has probably been talked about before - could a sign touching once
could be written with the symbols actually touching? So that, for
example, "house" would become:<br>
<img src="cid:part1.00040606.05000306@tampabay.rr.com" alt=""><br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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Valerie Sutton wrote:
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March 12, 2009
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On Mar 11, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Jonathan wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite"> Thanks for these explanations. I didn't
realize that the wrist line could be used with the wavy arrow and that
it anchored the movement. Though I knew that the other write arrows
anchored the movement. I like the way you explained it. It seems so
new to me and yet makes sense. Would it be able to add more arrows for
the movement? Jonathan
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Hello Jonathan and Everyone -
<br>
Thank you for your messages...Great to hear from you again. And
congratulations and thank you for your hard work on new software
development.
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<br>
I have had several other people write to me with great interest in the
wavy motions from the wrist. First, I want to thank Nancy Romero, who
has been working with both DanceWriting and SignWriting since 1975.
Nancy is a dancer and also an interpreter in ASL. In recent years,
Nancy has been translating the Gospel According to John in American
Sign Language. Nancy and Lucinda O'Grady Batch have been editing the
huge document with 21 chapters, and we hope that in the summer of 2009
we will have the publication ready for printing...let us cross our
fingers!!
<br>
<br>
Nancy writes SignWriting in an excellent and very simple style, which I
really like, and it definitely has had influence on me lately. For
example, Nancy has taken away basic Touch stars, if they are single
ones...for example the sign for HOUSE touches, but if you write it
clearly, showing that the handshapes are touching because the
handshapes themselves are close to each other, the single Touch star
isn't necessary...and that simplifies the writing...obviously if there
is a double-touch, that is necessary to write because that is a real
movement, but single touches can be eliminated if you write the
Position of Contact clearly:
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Nancy was also the one who started writing the wrist motion wavy in
place by placing the wrist line at the end of the wavy arrow...I think
it works well!
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Thank you, Nancy!
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OK. I plan to document all this soon, both on the web and also in a new
textbook I am writing. No one needs to feel nervous or concerned about
your old writing...this is all for the future writing of documents and
we do not have to go back and change anything we have written before
unless we want to...please know that...these are just discussions and
we are enjoying sharing together...
<br>
<br>
I am now preparing for the CAL-ED conference which is starting tomorrow
here and all weekend...Cecilia Flood and Marty Carlson are arriving
here soon and I look forward to seeing them again!!
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Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and I hope you keep discussing all
kinds of ideas for writing!! Keep sharing..we need you!
<br>
<br>
Val ;-)
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