[sw-l] FINGER MOVEMENT Alternating

[Charles Butler]

Then how would would show when the thumb and the forefinger actually do alternate?  That's what I do with "bird".  It's NOT the forefinger moving alone, but both the thumb and forefinger moving.  Are you saying you can't show the thumb moving alternately with a finger if that's what you are actually doing?  I'm confused.

Charles


Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
This is not Alternating Movement, Charles...This is Hinge
Movement...big difference!! Of course HInge Movement can be used with
Thumbs!! But Alternating means that one finger goes one direction at
the same time that the other finger goes the other direction...Hinge
Movement and Alternating Movement are two different things...This
thumb, in your example, is like a Hinge on a door and it is not
Alternating with any other finger...



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Val ;-)

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On Mar 1, 2005, at 11:02 AM, Charles Butler wrote:

> I don't understand why the "thumb" cannot be considered a "finger"
> when writing alternating finger movement, unless you have some other
> way to write movement, compare pistol, and bird.
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>   bird,
 pistol.  Both of these would not be
> misunderstood with the
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> <02-02-008-01-01-05.png> symbol, as how else could you move the index
> and the thumb together twice. I'm definitely confused...... Charles
> Butler
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> Valerie Sutton wrote:
> SignWriting List
> March 1st, 2005
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> FINGER MOVEMENT Alternating
> Alternating Finger Movement Symbols can only be used when there are at
> least two fingers doing the alternating (nothing to do with the
> thumb)...
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> Can you see why this sign cannot be written this way? What do you think
> the writer meant to write? smile...Try writing it again and post your
> new writing to the List...This will be fun!
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