<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I have never understood anything but the Parkhurst rule. I follow the thumb side pointing inward when the hand is turned forward and down. I look at a photograph, if I can't lay my hands down on the photo and show the thumb on the correct side, there is a serious problem. <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div>Charles Butler<br>chazzer3332000@yahoo.com<br>240-764-5748<br>Clear writing moves business forward.</div><div><br></div>  <div style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1">  <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span
 style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ingvild Roald <iroald@HOTMAIL.COM><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, December 30, 2013 8:38 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: One sign difficult writing<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv8210703604"><style>#yiv8210703604 #yiv8210703604 --
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#yiv8210703604 </style><div><div dir="ltr">On my left hand, the fingers certainly do point to the left when the hand is curved and the palm is down. I understand the sign to show the water flowing over a rock or a precipie of some sort. The water then is represented by the right hand and the rock or whatever by the left hand. If my understanding of the Tunisian sign is wrong, I appologize<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Ingvild 
<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><hr id="yiv8210703604stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 04:23:08 -0800<br clear="none">From: chazzer3332000@YAHOO.COM<br clear="none">Subject: Re: One sign difficult writing<br clear="none">To: SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8210703604yqt4895240771" id="yiv8210703604yqt39400"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>I can't read the first sign in your sentence as the left-hand fingers are pointed to the left and my hand just doesn't twist that way. Is there some reason the curl of the fingers is draped over the left way when the right hand is going over the top? </span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0,
 0);font-size:16px;font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>This makes no sense. </span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Charles Butler<br clear="none">chazzer3332000@yahoo.com<br clear="none">240-764-5748<br clear="none">Clear writing moves business forward.</div><div><br clear="none"></div>  <div style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1">  <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Valerie Sutton <signwriting@MAC.COM><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, December 29, 2013 3:25 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: One
 sign difficult writing<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv8210703604ecxy_msg_container"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv8210703604ecxyiv2140259916"><div>SignWriting List<div>December 29, 2013</div><div><br clear="none"><div><div>On Dec 29, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Ingvild Roald <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:iroald@HOTMAIL.COM" target="_blank" href="mailto:iroald@HOTMAIL.COM">iroald@HOTMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv8210703604ecxyiv2140259916Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;">When I saw your qusteion, I imediately thought of two Norwegian signs wich are in many ways similar. (The NSL for waterfall is one-handed, and thus less complicated). Those two signs means 'expert'
 (right hand brushing atop left hand, both hands horisontal ond fingers spread) and 'maculation by shedding' (rigt hand brushing left hand, both hands vertcal/down and with fingers spread). No jigeling of fingers on those two. I have attached my attempts two write these signs. I find the Tusnisan sign much harder to write ...</span><br style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;" clear="none"><br style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;" clear="none"><span
 style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;">Ingvild<span class="yiv8210703604ecxyiv2140259916Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></blockquote></div><br clear="none"></div><div>——</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thank you for these Norwegian signs, Ingvild! The last three I can read well. The first sign…do you mean
 for the cupped hand to be the left hand? If it is a left hand, then I believe it needs to be flopped? Tell us more about that sign… Yes, I agree the Tunisian sign is harder to write…. smile...</div><div class="yiv8210703604ecxyiv2140259916yqt0115384683" id="yiv8210703604ecxyiv2140259916yqtfd91849"><div><br clear="none"></div><div></div></div></div><div class="yiv8210703604ecxyiv2140259916yqt0115384683" id="yiv8210703604ecxyiv2140259916yqtfd05073"><div>________________________________________________
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