Question about tilting or rocking

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July 8, 2009

Hello Adam and Jonita!
Thank you for looking at the video of the sign, Adam and for writing  
it...I like your writing...it is clear. When the Tilt symbols are  
placed above the head, it means the entire upper body tilts or shifts  
from side to side...When they are placed near the shoulders, that is  
only the shoulders, from the waist...so placing the symbols above the  
head is a stronger tilt motion that is entire upper body...Here are  
those symbols:

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On Jul 7, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Adam Frost wrote:

> After seeing the video, I think you described it perfectly. And Val  
> is right that you would need the torso tilts. While the torso tilts  
> are normally placed at the shoulder line, I personally would opt to  
> place them over the head since there is something that is happening  
> at the place the shoulder line would go. Here's what I was thinking.
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> Adam
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> On Jul 7, 2009, at 12:24 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
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>> SignWriting List
>> July 6, 2009
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>> On Jul 6, 2009, at 11:09 PM, JoSignJ at aol.com wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>> 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...
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>> 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...
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>> Thanks for your question, Jonita!
>>
>> Val ;-)
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>> 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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