<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="">SignWriting List</div><div class="">May 8, 2022</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1000 SignWriting Questions</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The sign for MAKROPHAGE in DGS (German Sign Language)</div><div class=""><a href="https://test.sign2mint.de/entry/Makrophage/14548230564932464:904" class="">https://test.sign2mint.de/entry/Makrophage/14548230564932464:904</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Adam already gave a good correction. The left hand needs the thumb on the other side, so the left hand needs to be flipped ;-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For me, I would change the handshape to an open cupped hand. Here is the way I would write it… of course let’s discuss it … but this writes the Position of Contact and each finger can be seen and it the feeling of an open cupped hand, which is what I saw in the video...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="F63A2AFE-60B0-4569-83F0-7E91957ADBE3" width="127" height="127" src="cid:B5A5180D-B902-483D-A1B4-E0357E0EB665" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">___________</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">On May 5, 2022, at 8:03 AM, Adam Frost <<a href="mailto:icemandeaf@GMAIL.COM" class="">icemandeaf@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Your writing has two right hands. I suspect that the thumb would be visible if this were fixed. ;-)<br class=""><br class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="1763A01E-3428-43B2-AE4B-F04AAFDB7F38" src="cid:BC7FF2BE-B327-4618-B076-E92B91C176BA@home" class=""><br class="">Adam<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On May 5, 2022, at 4:27 AM, Uta Meißner <<a href="mailto:uta.hielscher@GMAIL.COM" class="">uta.hielscher@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hi Valerie,<br class=""><br class="">I like the idea of having the hands that are touching as close as possible, next to each other or even on top of each other, so that it is easier to see where they are touching. <br class="">Only with some hand shapes it can come to problems with the recognition of the hand shape if the two hands overlap. <br class=""><br class="">We in the team ourselves disagree to what degree the symbols may overlap. <br class=""><br class="">Example: <br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://test.sign2mint.de/entry/Makrophage/14548230564932464:904" class="">https://test.sign2mint.de/entry/Makrophage/14548230564932464:904</a><br class=""><br class="">The current example does not show well where the hands touch. I have to agree with you there. The hand position of the left hand is not correct, it should be the same as the right hand.<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><img apple-inline="yes" id="60F4F19B-FBF0-45BA-8BB4-0EC436F14CC4" src="cid:A1095B69-9463-4CA3-8D21-3E3821C89A40" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Would you like the new proposal better? <br class="">You can not see the thumbs here, although they are not important here. <br class="">And I just noticed that it is better when the arrows meet exactly?<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><img apple-inline="yes" id="85F29D11-26CB-433C-BA70-963A9146B5BC" src="cid:2E9AFFCF-B9B3-4E2A-A0DF-E412B65D1353" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">I am curious about your suggestions for improvement :)<br class=""><br class="">I have read the book from Stefan in its entirety. :) Still I have 1000 questions :D<br class=""><br class="">Greetings Uta<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><span><img apple-inline="yes" id="1E27CFC7-8478-405B-82D0-75379436596E" src="cid:C0683B41-83AC-431B-A15C-E695CE43115D" class=""></span><br class="">Val ;-)</div><br class=""></body></html>________________________________________________
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