Sunrise query...writing one symbol in front of another

[Kimberley A. Shaw]

Thank you much, Charles! On both counts.
Kim from Boston

sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 at 12:22 PM
-0500 wrote:
>Hi Kimberley,
>
>The sign is back in.  The diacritic is under (*), as
>it is a surface contact symbol.
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>--- "Kimberley A. Shaw" <kshaw at wellesley.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello all:
>> over to Charles on this one, please! I *tried* to
>> put back the sign I
>> lost, but could not locate that diacritic that was
>> borrowed from the
>> movement-writing; where is it located from the
>> SignMaker "groups" menu?
>> So, Charles, if you can tell me where it is, then I
>> can re-create the sign!
>> Val, please don't stress! When I put a query to the
>> list, I really am
>> hoping that *anybody* who's got an answer will write
>> back, and not only
>> you; the more I can fly along solo making my
>> documents, the happier *I*
>> am. And believe me, SignPuddle is a very fun set of
>> tools to play around
>> with.
>> best,
>> Kim from Boston
>> 
>> sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu on Wednesday, July 06,
>> 2005 at 10:42 AM
>> -0500 wrote:
>> >SignWriting List
>> >July 6, 2005
>> >
>> >Hello Kimberley and Charles -
>> >Why don't you re-add the sign again yourself?
>> Re-write it  
>> >yourself...SignPuddle is not a published dictionary
>> - it is a place  
>> >for us to play with writing, and for learning how
>> to write signs, so  
>> >if there is a sign that you want to add, add it!
>> And if there is a  
>> >double up, that is ok too...And if you delete a
>> sign by mistake, you  
>> >can re-write it yourself and add it again...that
>> will be good  
>> >practice for you...So you did nothing wrong and you
>> are an editor and  
>> >can add signs and subtract signs, so you can fix
>> it!
>> >
>> >And I do not understand why Charles can't do that  
>> >too...Charles...have you found your password yet? I
>> can send you an  
>> >invitation to establish a new password...I will do
>> that next message.  
>> >Look for a message privately that invites you to
>> become an editor of  
>> >the ASL dictionary...
>> >
>> >I am truly deluged with work and I am so tired and
>> in pain at times  
>> >that makes it hard for me to use a mouse or type,
>> so it is necessary  
>> >that you become as independent as possible!
>> >
>> >Val ;-)
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >On Jul 6, 2005, at 5:15 AM, Kimberley A. Shaw
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >Hello all:
>> >I like the simplified spelling; very much like what
>> I was originally
>> >visualizing!
>> >"Sunrise" looks great on SignPuddle now (will the
>> equivalent version of
>> >"sunset" be joining it?). However ... I feel
>> horrible for making
>> >"sunset_4" disappear while trying to rename it, and
>> so can somebody who
>> >knows how, please put it back? It looks like this:
>>
>>[Image:762005_81318_0.bmp][Image:762005_81318_1.bmp]
>> >sunset
>> >
>> >Thank you for all the coaching, Val!
>> >Best,
>> >Kim from Boston
>> >
>> >sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu on Tuesday, July 05,
>> 2005 at 1:56 PM -0500
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> SignWriting List
>> >> July 5th, 2005
>> >>
>> >> Hello Everyone!
>> >> I hope you are enjoying July!
>> >>
>> >> When writing one symbol in front of, or behind
>> the other, there are
>> >> two ways to write it...the detailed way, and the
>> simplified way...
>> >>
>> >> 1. Detailed spellings use the Surface Symbols,
>> which Charles has
>> >> already shown you.
>> >>
>> >> 2. Simplified spellings, for everyday use, do not
>> need the Surface
>> >> Symbols. Instead, the symbol that is in front has
>> a slight white halo
>> >> or border around it so it looks like it is in
>> front of the other
>> >> one...Plus the white part of the palm facing for
>> the hand in front
>> >> does not show the lines for the arrows going
>> through it...Writing
>> >> this by hand is easier than by computer at the
>> moment...A person can
>> >> easily become skilled at writing this by hand.
>> >>
>> >> By computer, in SignPuddle, Steve gave us a Place
>> Over Button to do
>> >> this for us automatically, but I have to re-enter
>> many of the symbols
>> >> in the IMWA to make the button work...so you can
>> see that I am not
>> >> done with the IMWA...
>> >>
>> >> So I constructed the sign for Sunrise in
>> SignPuddle from little lines
>> >> instead, without using the Place Over button for
>> now...Take a look at
>> >> two spellings for Sunrise in ASL...the second one
>> is the simplified
>> >> spelling which I just entered...
>> >>
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