Belgium: spelling

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
September 26, 2005

Kathleen at Kasterlinden Bilinguaal school in Belgium wrote:
> If I can work with this kind of frame, I can (I think) learn  
> SignWriting spelling more easely ;)
> Because I now have a clear idea of the 'middle' - universe of a  
> sign ;)


Hello Kathleen and Everyone!
THANK YOU  for being interested in the best way to teach SignWriting  
Spelling...

First, I believe I have not explained it well in the beginning. When  
I say that the Beginning Position is the CENTER of the sign, I was  
not talking about the placement in Vertical Columns....That is  
another issue and a separate subject.

The CENTER of the sign is like a little the sun in the center of its  
own universe, whether you place the signs in vertical columns or  
horizontal writing later...the UNIT of symbols that makes one sign  
revolves around its own center...The signs could be placed in a  
diagonal writing or in circles, but each individual sign has its own  
CENTER regardless of the direction of writing...

Here is your diagram taken from the Word document you attached  
yesterday. It looks to me that you were thinking of vertical columns,  
because of the vertical line down the center of each of your  
boxes...That vertical line has nothing to do with the CENTER of a  
sign....Continued next message...


Kathleen's diagram is attached...

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