[sw-l] BSL Reading Test :)

[Sandy Fleming]

Hi Stefan!

Thanks for the message - It seems to be in some other dialect of BSL, but I
get the gist  :)

> I do not know of any general agreement so far. - Some of us are practising
> and experimenting and simply writing by hand - but I bet  if  we

I don't really think anything I've thought of for handwriting has turned out
very effective. What this discussion has clarified for me is that there are
certain omissions that people tend to agree are sensible and clear, but that
most people wouldn't want writing pared down to the absolute minimum.

> In this case it is me who is going to hurt a rule- (smile) I
> would not care
> about the gaps but try to focus on the broad and narrow part of
> the movement
> circle.

Yes, dotted lines are easy, thickening is not too hard, but doing both at
once...!

> Your arrow at the sign for deaf  indicates a movement diagonal to
> the right
> toward the head ( interesting - ) perhaps just a contact star would be

Sorry, Stefan, this wasn't intended as an arrow but as a simplified way to
write an asterisk. So yes, we're agreed that it should be a contact star,
but maybe missing such stars out when the contact is light, as Signuno
suggested, is better than trying to find cursive ways of writing the star.

> I am looking for a online  BSL - dictionary  lifelike drawings or video -
> in order to learn some signs - do you know of any ?

I don't - but then again I've never looked!

Sandy