<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/Xd5YMCTlZfI?feature=share">https://youtube.com/shorts/Xd5YMCTlZfI?feature=share</a><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Josenilson Mendes</span><br></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Em qua., 10 de ago. de 2022 às 14:42, Josenilson da Silva Mendes <<a href="mailto:jsm88b@gmail.com">jsm88b@gmail.com</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Em qua., 10 de ago. de 2022 02:11, Valerie Sutton <<a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_blank">sutton@signwriting.org</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">SignWriting List<div>August 9, 2022</div><div><br></div><div>Very interesting.</div><div><br></div><div>Can you attach a short video showing the sign? That will really help.</div><div><br></div><div>You are correct that simple contact is quite different than actually grasping clothing or holding a belly. The Grasp Symbol was developed to show holding something. For example holding somebody else's hand in dance, or pinching your ear, or pinching your clothing. But if the hands are only touching the chest but not really holding anything then you are right that a contact star is all you need. Or maybe you do not need a contact symbol there at all.</div><div><br></div><div>However I still feel the need to see the sign because I'm not quite sure what I'm reading. Are the two hands in front of the belly or torso? With the fingers intertwined with each other doing a movement 2 times in-between each other?</div><div><br></div><div>Can the two hands be placed closer to each other directly in the Torso area between the Shoulder and Hip Lines?</div><div> <br><div>Val ;-)<br><br><span><img id="gmail-m_-8763390566853379904m_23206026520605098173E400B23-76F0-4CD4-8977-8783C92814F9"></span><br><br>Valerie Sutton<br><a href="mailto:sutton@signwiting.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">sutton@signwiting.org</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>-----------</div><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 9, 2022, at 9:04 PM, Josenilson da Silva Mendes <<a href="mailto:jsm88b@GMAIL.COM" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">jsm88b@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br><br>Hi, Valerie and friends of SW-List!<br><br>It's about the symbol + (grasp contact). Some people say it is used to indicate permanent contact. I disagree. For example:<br><br> <img id="gmail-m_-8763390566853379904m_23206026520605098176A183529-5966-4F86-825C-A1CC05F775C3"><br><br><img id="gmail-m_-8763390566853379904m_2320602652060509817EB842BFF-F16D-4B57-8836-A33705D23EC1"><br>Mapinguari (indigenous legend)<br><br>For me the + symbol should be replaced by *, because the hands don't hold the belly,they just stay in contact with it.<br><br>What do you think?<br><br>Josenilson Mendes<br><br><br>Em qua., 10 de ago. de 2022 às 00:23, Valerie Sutton <<a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">sutton@signwriting.org</a>> escreveu:<br>SignWriting List<br>August 9, 2022<br><br>Hello Josenilson!<br>It is great to read your message. Thank you for writing to the SignWriting List.<br><br>Yes, for me at least, I follow Writing Guidelines when writing sign languages.<br><br>For example, these two rules or guidelines mean a lot to me personally. I follow these everytime I write:<br><br>SignSpelling Rule 1: Write the Position of Contact<br><a href="https://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less063.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less063.html</a><br><br>SignSpelling Rule 2: Every Sign Has A Center<br><a href="https://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less064.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less064.html</a><br><br>and it continues for many pages following on the web…<br><br>These guidelines can also be found at the end of the <br><br>Lessons in SignWriting Textbook<br><a href="https://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs2/sw0116-Lessons-SignWriting.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs2/sw0116-Lessons-SignWriting.pdf</a><br><br>We had long discussions early in 2022 about guidelines for writing movement arrows and I had planned to write up a report about our decisions that we made together and then I got so busy I didn't get to it. Maybe now is the time to get back into more discussions?<br><br>So what specific questions do you have?<br><br><img id="gmail-m_-8763390566853379904m_2320602652060509817B9EDFBE1-5EA0-4272-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