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

[Tomáš Klapka]

Thanks for explanation, good to know ;-)

Valerie Sutton wrote:

> 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 ;-)
>