[sw-l] your sign for the Pope

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
April 5, 2005

I assumed that the sign we wrote was covering the mouth...if it is 
really down at the chest, then it would not be so close to the Facial 
Circle. Plus it is pretty hard to get the back of the hand to really 
touch the chest....If a person wanted to write a sign touching the 
collar bone under the shoulders, you wouldn't write the Facial Circle 
but instead the shoulder line and again it would be hard to have the 
back of the hand touching under the shoulders wouldn't it?...so all 
three example would look different to me...I assumed it was kissing the 
ring with the lips touching the fourth finger...For everyday use this 
is enough information, Charles. of course for research there are ways 
to circle the section of the finger, not only the section but whether 
it is top, side , inside or under the finger as well...but is that 
really necessary for everyday writing? I haven't placed finger location 
symbols in the IMWA yet.... Val ;-)

On Apr 5, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Charles Butler wrote:

> Bishop_2 looks better but how can I tell that it is not a facial 
> expression of a kiss and the "back of the hand" (however awkward) 
> touching the chest? 
>   
> Is there not a definitive (meaning ONE way only) way to show a finger 
> is being kissed rather than laying against the chest?  How would one, 
> for example, show someone kissing their hand to "blow a kiss".  It's 
> the awkward point of covering the face with the hand.
>  
> Charles
>
>
> Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
> SignWriting List
> April 5, 2005
>
> On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:42 AM, Charles Butler wrote:
> > Speaking of which, I put up a sign for "bishop" on the ASL SignBank,
>  > and I'm not sure if it is showing what I want. One is supposed to be
>  > showing "kiss the ring finger" but I'm not sure if the facial
>  > expression or the contact information is correct.  I don't know how 
> to
> > show contact on a spread hand of just the ring finger.
> >  
>
> Here are two more possible versions:
>
>
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