COLOMBIA: Question Tortoise sign

[Ingvild Roald]

The sign has the left hand on top of the right hand, and the right thumb
is closing repeatedly - right?

I Norwegain SL the right thumb is wiggling back and forth, and I would
write it one of these two ways, using the availabe symbols (see attached
gif)

As for the sybols in the cup-thumb.gif, I read (as I look at my own hands):
 no 1: hand upright, palm left. thumb towards me
no 2:  hand upright, palm front, thumb ??? must be left hand   - if I
should change the symbol, I would create no 3

no 4: hand horisontal, palm left, thumb up towards me
no 5: hand horsintal, palm down, thumb ???? must be left hand    - if I
should change the symbols, I would create no 6

(but it is perfectly possible to use the existing symbols, and let no 2
and no 5 be left hand symbols)

So when I look at the writng of the sign form Colombia, I cannot place my
physical right-hand thumb in any posisiton that can be written as given,
with or without arms ....

Ingvild

SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA writes:
>Ingvild, I am curious as to how you see two right hands in diagram 3?
>
>The thumb of the top hand is pointing toward you, therefore its the left
>hand back of hand.  The bottom hand is pointed forward and to the right.
>The thumb is detached to show that the hand is pointing forward as well as
>being seen on edge.  It's really the only place to attach the thumb that
>is
>still clear and can show the wiggling of the thumb with the open and close
>knuckle symbol.
>
>???
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ingvild Roald <ingvild.roald at STATPED.NO>
>To: <SW-L at admin.humberc.on.ca>
>Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 5:50 AM
>Subject: Re: COLOMBIA: Question Tortoise sign
>
>
>> I agree that nr 3 is the best, but it's impossible, isn't it? Two right
>> hands as I read it,
>>
>> Ingvild


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