Question about tilting or rocking

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
July 6, 2009

On Jul 6, 2009, at 11:09 PM, JoSignJ at aol.com wrote:

> HI Val,
> I have a question about the Sign below.  Why mostly it is about the  
> body figure, I want to be sure I am using it correctly.  In the  
> video the man is eating with gusto and as he is eating he is rocking  
> from side to side with each bite. When his right hand comes up he  
> rocks to the right and when the left hand comes up he rocks to the  
> left. I wasn't sure how to show that and I thought this might be the  
> way to do it. Ron side he didn't know how to use the body figures or  
> it they were on the same plain. I looked in the books and I couldn't  
> find any information to help me understand how to use them. So  
> wanted to ask if I was using it right and if that is how I would use  
> it to show what the action was in the video. --- It is saved as Mark  
> 6_30-44g.
> Jonita
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Hello Jonita and Ron!
Thank you for the question above. I am answering you on the  
SignWriting List because tomorrow, Tuesday, I will be away, so if you  
have further questions be sure to ask teachers on the SignWriting List  
to help you...they can explain this well, since lots of documents do  
have the rocking motion of the torso and shoulders that you  
mention...We call it tilting...Also, if someone can view the video of  
Mark 6_30-44g, that will help to view the sign you are writing.

The symbols for rocking the shoulders from side to side, look like  
this...

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They are placed near the Shoulder Line, or sometimes above the  
head...It seems like you will need two tilting symbols, or maybe even  
four? because the eating is right-left-right-left?...so that would be  
tilt right-tilt left-tilt right-tilt left...and you will need to add a  
Shoulder Line...need to see the sign on the video to be sure...

So I hope someone can write the sign based on what is on the  
video...and I look forward to being back on the List on Wednesday...

Thanks for your question, Jonita!

Val ;-)

PS. The little man with the black hair is not used when writing...it  
is only for specialized computer markers for dictionary sorting that  
has nothing to do with the actual writing system...





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