<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;" class="">That symbol means the wrist flex in the direction of the arrow. It doesn’t mean the wrist has to flex in a specific relations to the palm facing. So if the palm is on its side, then it would mean the wrist flex in a “backward and forward” motion in relations to the wrist.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">However, if the palm is facing down (or even up), it would mean the wrist flex in a “side to side” motion in relations to the wrist. Grant it, this type of moment isn’t very common, so it is understandable why it might be thought this symbol doesn’t write this type of movement. But it does.<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">

<span><img apple-inline="yes" id="F32309D3-34DF-40C0-BCAC-31A8D38C0414" src="cid:BC7FF2BE-B327-4618-B076-E92B91C176BA@home" class=""></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Adam</span>

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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 1, 2022, at 2:27 PM, Ms. AnnaGrace <<a href="mailto:msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM" class="">msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Adam,<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I have a question about that symbol:</div><br class=""><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="20994190-8B75-47C2-A99C-C2CD48974521" src="cid:ii_l9ypwni92" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Doesn't that symbol indicate the wrist to go forward and backward (as opposed to side-to-side)?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">~ AnnaGrace</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 1:54 PM Adam Frost <<a href="mailto:icemandeaf@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">icemandeaf@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="">There is already a way to write a side wrist-flex. You just place the wrist-flex symbol on the side on the handshape with the movement to the side.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am assuming you would like to write cheese like this?</div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="8B443830-C3B0-4A26-96D4-0EF09F0C638D" width="57" height="69" src="cid:18434598d1681eca0e41" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">

<span class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="B2E6015B-FEFF-4F14-B8EB-0D15EDE50053" src="cid:18434598d164dbf12032" class=""></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline;" class="">Adam</span>

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<div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 1, 2022, at 9:41 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace <<a href="mailto:msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank" class="">msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi All,<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It's been a while since I last wrote an email! I hope you are well. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I've been researching a wrist movement that I call "wrist side-flex". I don't know if that's already been mentioned in the SignWriting textbook or other publications. Maybe DanceWriting has it? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am enclosing a sample of an ASL sign for "cheese" that uses a 'wrist side-flex' so you can see what I mean by that. Is there a symbol that indicates this particular movement?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One of the videos shows Hector (who knows Columbian Sign Language) reading the SignWriting spelling for ASL's "cheese". This SW spelling leads the non-biased reader (Hector) to produce the sign that isn't quite representative of ASL's "cheese." I think if there is a symbol for the wrist side-flex in this spelling, then the signer could correctly perform the ASL sign for "cheese."</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you, Hector, for volunteering to read and videotape the signs for me! You have been a great help to me. Keep up your good work in SignWriting!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I look forward to your comments. Thank you for your time and thoughts.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">AnnaGrace Greenfield</div><div class=""><span id="m_3842269316908589432m_1276979483760734820m_8592847366375794063m_8757251457417343001cid:ii_l9yfr5df1" class=""><Screen Shot 2022-11-01 at 12.39.44 PM.png></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>

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