POLAND... the spelling of Antarktyda

Lucyna Dlugolecka deafie at GMX.NET
Sun Sep 4 20:45:20 UTC 2005


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
To: <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [sw-l] POLAND... the spelling of Antarktyda


> On Sep 4, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Lucyna Dlugolecka wrote:
>
>>> 1. The right hand has the palm to the floor with the knuckles of
>>> the  bent fingers facing forward.
>>>
>>
>> No. The knuckles (if I understand the word properly) are up (seen
>> from the top).
>
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>
> OK. So you mean the handshape in the middle of this attached diagram?
> You can see that it is written with the thumb line up, like we do for
> the sign for NOT in ASL...brushing under the chin oftentimes uses the
> middle handshape in many signed languages...the knuckles are facing
> left...
>
Hmm... I am about to give up... I thought the symbol in the middle of the 
diagram is for the thumb sticking up... I'm worried :-/

Lucy


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