[sw-l] Which SignSpelling is best?

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
April 29, 2005

Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:
> I would prefer the first one (although there is this shift in 
> perspective
> from front view to top view -) I got used to it but do not care if the 
> sign is written the other way.

So all three of us...Stefan, Stuart and Val...agree. I am glad to know 
this, Stefan, because I thought you felt we should not switch 
viewpoints within one sign if it can be avoided...and suddenly I 
realized that could mean a lot of spellings would have to be changed...

Spellings are strange, because our brains memorize one spelling and 
after awhile, even if a more logical one comes along, we still read the 
original spelling faster...this is true for all spoken languages too, I 
believe...


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