FRANCE Sign for Etudiant

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
September 11, 2005

Juliette Dalle wrote:
> See the photo of the sign "student" (name of a deaf student  
> association) and the sign in SW draft as example. The left hand is  
> behind of the right hand : which symbol to use ?

Hello Juliette and Everyone!
Thank you for the photo. Photos help so much...

There are a variety of ways to see "behind" in SignWriting. We do not  
have a Behind Symbol. In the Expressive View, we can look overhead  
and look down on our hands and then see which one is in front, plus  
there are other ways too.

I added two of my own writings of this sign in the French SignPuddle.  
You can always delete them from your SignPuddle later, once we have  
finished our discussion...Look at the attached diagram. I think the  
overhead view of the left hand and the darker arm line makes it clear  
that it is more behind than the other hand...If you are looking down  
on the left hand, it is clear that the right hand is more forward...

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