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

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
August 17, 2005

> On Aug 17, 2005, at 6:08 AM, Tomáš Klapka wrote:
>> 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.


Hello Tomas!
I LOVE this message (your original longer message), because it  
explains so beautifully why the 10 handshape (the one with the thumb  
straight up), was designed the way it was designed. At the time, I  
gave the finger more importance than the Fill. It is an old handshape  
and later, you are right, other handshapes were designed to put the  
Fill (palm facing) first...so you aptly described the reason for the  
inconsistency with that symbol...

And your conclusion is correct...in your examples, 3a is the correct  
one...And thanks for the pictures of Prague - A very beautiful  
city!!! Val ;-)



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