Writing Diagonal Movement

[james macfarlane]

Other signs that come to mind are:  KING, QUEEN, STRONG as in
DRINK-STRONG, IGNORE, and possible TAKE-OFF or SPLIT

This sounds like an interesting topic, could you please summarize the
results when finished?

James MacFarlane
University of New Mexico

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Linda Lee Lonning wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Don & Theresa G wrote:
>
> > Two that immediately come to mind: "HELL" and "DAMN".
> >
> > --Don Grushkin
> >
> > >
> > >At the end of the lesson I ask people to help me find examples of signs
> > >that use diagonal movement. Do you know of any? No matter what signed
> > >language you use, I am interested in finding good examples. So please feel
> > >free to write with your suggestions :-)
> > >
> > >Have a wonderful day!
> > >
> > >Valerie :-)
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> I add to your list NEVER (I think this latter halfish of the production of
> this sign may vary depending upon its inflection and related contextual
> lexical intention...<thinking out loud here on this one>
>
> What about LIGHTENING ? ORDER / <directional> ORDER(me) ?
>
> Still thinkin'  ;) .........LINDA
>