[sw-l] BSL for rain

[Charles Butler]

First sign is clear, it is floor plane hand - spread wide going up and down.  That's what the arrows tell you.  The second hand, which I find easier to read than what you put, is the same hand you pointed out with the thumb forward at right angles to the flat hand, but at right angles to the floor.  I, personally, would write this hand with a dark face to show it face down and the thumb sticking out rather than a white circle.

Charles Butler


Shane Gilchrist Ó hEorpa <shane.gilchrist.oheorpa at francismaginn.org> wrote:
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Does the palm face the floor (floor pane) or the wall (wall pane)?



Am interested in that sign as it’s also the sign for Belfast in NISL



Shane






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Subject: Re: [sw-l] My Thumbs Hurt!




Is this what you were looking for Sandy?








The simple open hand is under the "5" hand (fifth group) down.





 this rotation is from the side on the hand you used.  I could see using it as a black palm to show the same thing as your "rain" sign.  It's difficult to show a "spread" hand and a hand with the thumb sticking out and still make it "instantly" readable.





Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org> wrote:


List,

I just put the sign for rain in the BSL dictionary, like this: .

What has happened to the hand in the IMWA that the thumb is sticking out at right angles from the back of the palm? This makes no sense to me but I couldn't find the old handshape with a completely black palm and the thumb drawn as a line on the opposite side to the baby finger.

Is the sign as I've written it correct (the palms should be facing down, though slightly angled in the direction of motion), or is the simple spread hand handshape still available?

Sandy





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