new sign

Stuart Thiessen sw at PASSITONSERVICES.ORG
Tue Oct 31 19:48:38 UTC 2006


I did ask Philip but both of us keep going back to expensive as the 
meaning for what was written.

If the wrist does flip, that could be "late" but then it would need to 
be a different handshape.

Stuart

On Oct 31, 2006, at 12:46, Charles Butler wrote:

> hmm.  You may have something there Adam, I will ask my friends.
>  
> Charles
>
>
> adam at frostvillage.com wrote:
>> I was thinking the same as Stuart and Charles, but then I was thinking
>> about it on my ride to work. Could it be possible that there is a down
>> wrist flex at the end of the sign? That would mean that the sign would
>> be a centralized compound sign for "more late". That would have the
>> same symantic meaning of your context understanding of "too late".
>> That's just my two cents worth. I would rewrite the sign, but I am on
>> my phone so I can't. :-( well, for what it's worth I hope this helps
>> out. Gotta go.
>> Adam
>>
>> On 10/31/06, CWren at doe.k12.ga.us wrote:
>> > The end part of the sign is the same as expensive, but the starting
>> > position is different. I wish I could remember the whole 
>> sentence... in
>> > context it clearly meant too-late, and that was what was mouthed as 
>> well.
>> > versus
>> >
>> > "money-enough-to-throw-away" versus "more-throw-away?"
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>> > I agree, i've seen it as "expensive".
>> >
>> > Charles
>> >
>> > CWren at doe.k12.ga.us wrote:
>> >
>> > Have any of you ASL users on the list seen this sign before? I ran 
>> into
>> > it today for the first time... I'm trying to find out if its a new
>> > creation (that happens here) or if I've just not seen it but its a 
>> common
>> > sign. From context, it means "too late"
>> >
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