Thumbs Protruding Forward

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
May 2, 2006

Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:

> thanks!!! sorry for not being clear (would be easier in french!!)  
> you got
> what I said... and I would have made a screen capture if I'd known  
> how to do
> that!!!
>
> I though all thumb should be in the middle position (like the first
> one...)... otherwise one could read them as flat handshapes


Yes, but both versions of the handshapes, whether the thumb comes  
from the center of the palm or down lower on the palm...BOTH are  
correct and should not be confused with another flat hand...there  
simply is NO way that either version can be misread ... whether the  
thumb is placed high or low...if it is on the white palm side it  
cannot be another handshape.. I agree that they should be consistent  
in the IMWA one way or the other, but having said that, neither  
should be confused with something else...see attached...This whole  
thumb issue is a funny one..some people prefer straight thumb lines  
and some people prefer the diagonal ones and I don't care!  
smile...because both can be read well...smile...



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