<html><head><base href="x-msg://104/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>March 4, 2011</div><div><br></div><div>On Mar 4, 2011, at 7:48 PM, KJ wrote:</div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">Your first symbol <img alt="" hspace="0" align="baseline" border="0" id="340794ea-2b4a-4964-a0d8-231b4711c8c0" height="21" width="21" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:8A5C56A640D449A1AB821CE121DA1DF5@user1b19c5dea5"> shows a single arm twist - the hand flips 90 degrees and does not return to the starting position</span></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">The second symbol<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><img alt="" hspace="0" align="baseline" border="0" id="3ad3144e-0174-4901-a4c1-710d60411678" height="29" width="21" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:BFE7BE9470D44886A862A82A478A6BBA@user1b19c5dea5"> shows the arm twisting twice<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>in the same direction</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- the movement back to the starting position is not relevant to the sign and is not written;</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">The third symbol<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><img alt="" hspace="0" align="baseline" border="0" id="6c97a1e4-5b42-4308-8f60-d2187ba147b6" height="29" width="23" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:1D0769D962364F57B47A30CC3EFD7789@user1b19c5dea5"> shows a twist<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>back and forth</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- the hand flips 90 degrees and returns to the starting position;</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">The fourth symbol<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><img alt="" hspace="0" align="baseline" border="0" id="882cbc67-9404-4c44-a020-9dfd479e660c" height="32" width="20" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:33E45B3AAAC94655AAE303FD7BA4E265@user1b19c5dea5"> is what I think you meant by "trill" - the arm twists back and forth quickly; it's the symbol I would use for the ASL sign "tree" and is the same symbol you sent in your clarification to Charles. The arrowhead was added only so the reader knows which hand is used (in this case the right hand, because the arrowhead is black), but it's not required.</font></div><div> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hope this helps,</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">KJ</font></div></div></blockquote><br></div></div><div>----------</div><div><br></div><div>What a beautiful explanation, Kelly Jo. Really well taught...</div><div><br></div><div>The above symbols are the most commonly used of the Rotation Symbols and are used in the sign for FOREST...</div><div><br></div><div>but a side note...</div><div><br></div><div>Rotation symbols can start in different places...There are 8 possible Rotation Symbols...They wrap around the forearm like a pole...</div><div><br></div><div><img height="490" width="192" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="606114da-1c0d-4bd2-a495-d6ae125bc2b4" src="cid:870A2EEF-A3A4-4D0A-AB3F-F9D88BE427A4"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>By the way, I was thinking of teaching how to read Snow White in the new "learn to read" lessons...smile...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><br>Valerie Sutton<br>SignWriting List moderator<br><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a><br><br>Post Messages to the SignWriting List:<br>sw-l@listserv.valenciacc.edu<br><br>SignWriting List Archives & Home Page<br>http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist<br><br>Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages<br>http://listserv.valenciacc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1</div></span>
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