quetsion on sign notation

[Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa]

its the same sign in LSF (French Sign Lang)

Juliette might help out there.

its a similar sign to 'crab' in ASL i think - claws close then open etc

Shane

On 29/12/06, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:
> SignWriting List
> December 28, 2006
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> Hello Anny and all List Members!
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> I hope you all are having a wonderful holidays season ;-))
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> And thanks for this question, Anny...What an interesting sign!
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> I looked at the sign for cancer on this web page:
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> > http://www.pisourd.ch/index.php?theme=dicocomplet
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> and I took a screen capture of one of the hand positions in the sign.
> Can you see how the fingers are pointing up, rather than down?
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> For this reason, I would write the sign slightly differently...it is
> a hard sign and I think it is a great challenge!
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> I will post my version shortly...
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> I hope all of you will feel relaxed to ask questions
> anytime...sharing is a great way to learn...one sign at a time!  Val ;-)
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