AW: [sw-l] Birthday Party Page 4

[Stefan Wöhrmann]

Hi Valerie, Adam ; Kelly and sw-list

... this is fun! 

Adam says: "... but this sign comes from the pantomime eating ice cream
inside an ice cream cone." and 

Val says: "  ....it is a standardized sign that does not  
mimic holding a cone.." 

hm ... smile - 

All I had in mind is that this is a wonderful opportunity to check the own
understanding on how to write the fist. If you visualise the cone in your
hand it should be hold in a vertical postion. Opening the fist would lead to
a flat hand fingers pointing to the side - 

On the other hand - Valerie - 

I am not the one in charge to discuss ASL - signs - smile - (I would never
dare - hahaha) 

But I love to understand und just because anything has been documented for
decades in a given way  that does not mean that we cannot try to understand
the idea behind it. Sometimes things change. 

In this case "ice cream" I followed Adams idea of performing in pantomime
the holding of an ice cone. 

It is much easier though to perform the sign fluently in the "standardized"
way - and it should even be possible to eat your ice cream in this position
if there is only a little bit icecream left in the cone so that you stick
your tongue far out - smile! - and lower the cone to the horizontal level
towards the mouth. 

Stefan ;-)  






-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Valerie Sutton
Gesendet: Freitag, 2. November 2007 16:01
An: icemandeaf at gmail.com; SignWriting List
Betreff: [sw-l] Birthday Party Page 4

On Nov 2, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Adam Frost wrote:
> I'm not sure what you are saying, but this sign comes from the  
> pantomime eating ice cream inside an ice cream cone. I wrote it the  
> way I did because the hand is more parallel to the wal than the  
> floor. I checked my writing with other writing I have and they all  
> have it the same way. So, I am curious what you were thinking of  
> because I can't figure it out.

Yes. The sign for ICE CREAM in ASL has the palm facing parallel to  
the wall...if you straighten your hand up to a flat hand, the flat  
hand is parallel to the wall and then you bend the fist so that it is  
still parallel to the wall....it is a standardized sign that does not  
mimic holding a cone...it is just signed that way all over the US...;-))


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