FILL priority question + Other world cities lesson: Prague ;)

[Tomáš Klapka]

Hello, I have a question about priority of FILL in SW.

There are some hand-shapes which are SignWritten in the way, you have to 
decide if you should orient your hand by FILL or by fingers.
For example Y-letter hand-shape. I can give you an example... Czech 
capital city Prague.


These two signs are two variants of Prague:

1: closed fist shape

Praha

2: TEN hand-shape

Praha_2


There is one more variant of this sign which is the same, but with Y 
hand-shape and I'm not sure if it should be 3a or 3b:
(Y hand-shape. Right hand palm-face orientation is left. Left hand 
palm-face orientation is right. They are faced against each other. Thumb 
aims up, little-finger aims down. Both hands move down)

3a: FILL has higher priority

Praha_4

3b: fingers have higher priority

Praha_3

My opinion is that 3a is the right one. But 3b shows exactly how fingers 
are positioned. Thumb aims up, little-finger aims down.

I am not sure with ethymology of this sign, but I have heard two 
possible origins... one is more funny, then true... you can see "hands 
putting glasses of beer on the table" in the sign :)
The second meaning (and imho the right one) is that there is lot of 
towers in Prague (many people call Prague the Hundred-tower Prague, but 
actually here is more than 100 towers), so it means towers (but czech 
sign for tower is signed differently).

I've found some nice pictures of Prague here: http://www.rum.cz/praha.htm

Obrázek “http://www.rum.cz/praha/img/praha-3.jpg” nelze zobrazit, 
protože obsahuje chyby.
Prague towers

Obrázek “http://www.rum.cz/praha/img/praha-13.jpg” nelze zobrazit, 
protože obsahuje chyby.
The Lesser Town and the panorama of Prague Castle
<http://www.rum.cz/praha/img/praha-13.jpg>
<http://www.rum.cz/praha/img/praha-19.jpg>Obrázek 
“http://www.rum.cz/praha/img/praha-19.jpg” nelze zobrazit, 
protože obsahuje chyby.
Charles Bridge

for more pictures check http://images.google.com/images?q=praha and 
http://images.google.com/images?q=prague ;)

Tomas
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