NORWAY touch-and-go

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
November 19, 2005

On Nov 19, 2005, at 9:06 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:
> As I am now trying to write to the Norwegian Sign puddle, hooping  
> that one day it may become a reservoir, I came across this puzzle  
> (for me, that is): In the sign for 'calculate' (Norw.: 'beregne'),  
> the right hand is moving its fingers alternately as it moves down  
> on the left hand. Thus the fingers go 'tough' touch' touch' - and  
> go. I have tried writing it using the brush symbol, but I am not  
> sure. What do you think? Ingvild

Hello Ingvild and Charles!
That is wonderful, Ingvild, that you are adding to your Norwegian  
SignPuddle!

I know that Charles said it is perfect, and it probably is! Certainly  
I thought I could read it well, until I read your word description  
above, and when I read that, I realized I had read your SignWriting  
incorrectly, if we try to match your words above...

Above you mention touch-touch-touch...do you mean three contact stars  
for touch? On the palm of the left hand?

This is beautifully written if you mean your fingers are alternating  
in a trill while moving down across the left palm...So it is a  
totally different sign than your word description ...smile...

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By the way...regarding techniques working with SignPuddle and  
email...I opened your SignPuddle, found the sign, and then I copied  
it to the clipboard by using Right-Click on my mouse, and then I  
pasted it into this email message...that way you get .png format  
automatically, which is better for the List than using the .bmp  
format, which is a windows-specific format...another idea is to copy  
it to your desktop, and then bring it in as an attachment, and that  
keeps the .png format as well...less work for you too...I hope! smile...