Contact symbol and second contact

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
September 15, 2008

Hello Jonathan -
Of course, no problem. I know it was some kind of unintentional  
computer glitch ;-)

Val ;-)

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On Sep 15, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Jonathan y Yolaine wrote:

> Hi all,
>     Looks like the message got sent as I was typing it.  At least it  
> gives us something to laugh about.  :-)   Just to let you all know  
> that it wasn´t intentional. :-)
>
> Jonathan
>
> Jonathan Duncan wrote:
>>
>> Hi Val and Adam,
>>   Thanks to the two of you for the
>>
>> --- On Fri, 9/12/08, Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
>> From: Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Contact symbol and second contact
>> To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
>> Received: Friday, September 12, 2008, 4:51 PM
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> September 12, 2008
>>
>> Hello Jonathan and Adam!
>>
>> Thank you for the excellent question, Jonathan, and the excellent
>> answer, Adam -
>>
>> As Adam explained very well, over time, some writers are starting to
>> simplify the way we write.
>>
>> In it's simplest form, this sign would be written like this:
>>
>>
>> It is all based on the Spelling Rule called "Write The Position of
>> Contact".
>>
>> You try to write the sign to look as much like it does in real life  
>> as
>> possible, writing the positions of contact as close to each other as
>> possible so it gives the best "picture" possible of the position.
>> Nine
>> times out of ten, this means that the Contact Star is not really
>> needed because you can see by the position, that it is in contact...
>>
>> If you cannot see the contact clearly by the position itself, then of
>> course add the Contact star to give you the information, but in this
>> case, it wasn't needed...
>>
>> Notice another simplification...the little rim around the chin on the
>> facial circle is gone in the attached writing as well...even though
>> there is nothing wrong with writing the facial rim, and old writers
>> are certainly still using the rims, there are some people who are
>> dropping the rims, because there seems to be enough information
>> without the rims...so that is another simplification that is  
>> starting...
>>
>> This is all good....All writing systems move on to simpler
>> spellings...it is a natural evolution...
>>
>> By the way...double contact is a real movement and cannot be
>> eliminated...it is only single contacts, that can be shown through  
>> the
>> position, that can be eliminated if you prefer...
>>
>> Val ;-)
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