wrist flex versus rotation

[Adam Frost]

I think that it just might be one of those complex and divers anatomy
things. ;-) Bodies are very complex and aren't always doing just one thing.
And then you have differences in how things work from one person to the
next. I am sure that people had a hard time with speech, and that is just
one small part of the body. We are talking about it in entirety.

Adam

On 7/6/07, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:
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> On Jul 6, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Adam Frost wrote:
> > I personally think that the wrist flex is the right way to write it
> > and easier to read. I didn't know why before, but writing it the
> > way you suggested makes it clear. :-)
> > Adam
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> Cherie...can you write that sign without any Movement Symbols for us?
> What is your beginning and ending positions? That will tell us
> immediately which symbol to use ;-))
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> And that is a way to help yourself when writing too...
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> Write the beginning and ending positions and figure out what movement
> symbol would get you from one position to the next ;-)
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> And you are right, Adam, that if Cherie's fingers really start
> pointing towards her chest, then that would require a Traveling
> Rotation down, and that would be a change in palm facing, but I guess
> I just chose palm facing chest from the beginning to make it easier,
> as you said above...
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> smile...
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> Val ;-)
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM>
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> > Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:30:31
> > To:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > Subject: Re: [sw-l] wrist flex versus rotation
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> > Here is a very easy suggestion. For awhile at least, why not stop
> > writing Rotation Symbols and Wrist Flexes completely.
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> > Just write the beginning and ending positions of signs like these,
> > and you will not need any Axial Movement Symbols!
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> > Write Cherie's sign this way:
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> > and ARGUE this way:
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