Thumbs Protruding Forward

[Anne-Claude Pr=?ISO-8859-1?B?6Q==?=laz Girod]

 I hadn't even noticed the thumb was on the white side of the hand (which
makes it impossible to confuse with the other handshape)... (left/right
issues are just a pain for me... when i'm driving... the person beside me
better show me where to go instead of saying right or left.... because I
just have to think so hard to get it right!) so now that you told me it's
just fine!!!

thanks for your help

Anny
> De : "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
> Répondre à : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Date : Tue, 2 May 2006 13:24:15 -0700
> À : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Objet : [sw-l] Thumbs Protruding Forward
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> SignWriting List
> May 2, 2006
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> Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:
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>> 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
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> 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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