[sw-l] your sign for the Pope

[Charles Butler]

So the contact star goes "below" the hand on the page to show contact with the back of the hand to the chest?

Okay, now, back to the "blowing a kiss".  If one wants to show the kissy face kissing the palm of the hand, how does one show this without covering up the face (thus not showing the mouth shape).  Would the contact star go on the mouth AND the hand to show the location of the kiss?

Would this be the same way to show a mime of "putting on lipstick" with the forefinger?

Charles

Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
SignWriting List
April 6, 2005

Charles Butler wrote:
> This does not answer my question.

I am sorry. I really tried to answer your question very hard!


> How do you distinguish "back of claw hand contacting chest" while
> kissing the air from "kiss third finger of hand".  You've got a dark
> hand so it can't go in front of the face, how do you show "which
> finger" is being kissed?

I don't believe it is physically possible to touch the chest with the
back of the hand, Charles. At least I cannot physically manage it. And
why couldn't you put a dark hand on top of a facial circle?...that
could be done if you want...and I did show touching the ring finger in
this one...if it was touching another finger the star would have to be
directed to the other finger...

Anyway, see attached. The first sign is the sign for bishop, and the
second one is the back of the claw hand touching the chest and it is
blowing air from a kiss mouth....Is that a real sign?


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