[sw-l] POLAND... how to write Ż and S.

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
March 28, 2005

On Mar 21, 2005, at 3:04 AM, Lucyna Dlugolecka wrote:
> I have also a problem with writing 'Ż'. It is just a Z with a spot 
> above it. And we sign this so as if we were writing the character with 
> a finger in the air. So, I have come up with such a sign....Correct?

Hello Lucy!
I am sorry. I cannot read this sign, and I am not sure what you want. 
When we write the Z in ASL, for example, the entire arm or hand does 
the Z motion in the air. That is why we have the Z-like movment arrow 
for our ASL Z. But that ASL writing does not show movements of the 
fingers themselves...it shows movement of the whole hand....In your 
writing, I am guessing that you are trying to show only movements of 
the finger itself, without moving the hand? is that right? That would 
be written differently. Can you create a photo or life-like drawing of 
your Z so I could see it?...Your writing, right now, tells me the 
following...

1. we are seeing the back of index-hand
2. the entire hand zigzags back toward my chest
3. then the entire hand curves side, forward and then side again
4. and then it bends from the middle joint of the index finger, down, 
so it squeezes into a bent finger...

I doubt this is what you meant?....smile...Val ;-)


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