[Sw-l] [SPAM] thumb contact with fingers question

Tue Mar 19 00:49:11 UTC 2019

Hi Valerie, Stefan and Andre, thank you for answering.  Valerie, I know you are going through a hard time, but I’m sure the loving care you gave your father (and mother)  must be some consolation to you.

In most of the signs when the thumb rubs the fingers, the fingers also move and close so its not really necessary to show the thumb movement.  But I have a few cases where the fingers only move a little bit so the handshape barely changes and all that happens is the thumb moves across the fingers.  I am almost sure there is no symbol for this because it’s a rare event, but I thought I would check.

Best, Rachel  

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March 18, 2019

Hello everyone on the SignWriting List!

Thank you, Rachel, for the question below, about the thumb rubbing across fingers, and thank you, Stefan, for answering the question with diagrams and examples... It is such a pleasure to discuss SignWriting with you all again. And also thank you, Andre Thibeault, for your answer too - all very well written...

I am almost back to work - I believe in about a week our family life will be in a "new normal" mode and I cannot tell you how much I want to work again (big grin) ... I look forward to more communication soon ...

And once again, thank you to all our friends who have been so kind with your emails and letters of well wishes - 

Later today I will look for some of those old lessons on finger motion that Stefan referred to in his message below - there is quite a lot of documentation from our past discussions in the SignWriting List archives:

SW List Archives

http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/

and also on the web in E-Lessons:

E-Lessons -

http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/

Have a great day!

Val ;-)

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On Mar 17, 2019, at 11:41 AM, Stefan Woehrmann <000000068eb2df61-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <mailto:000000068eb2df61-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU> > wrote:

Hi Rachel, 

see the attached document ...some examples of this movement thumb rubs across the fingers one by one... well often times there is no need to describe too detailed the direction of the thumb ....as long as the reader understands what is to be done...Years ago we had discussions about detailed writing on the SW list

Have a great time

All best 

Stefan

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Am So., 17. März 2019 um 16:44 Uhr schrieb <00000018ddb4db4a-dmarc-request at listserv.valenciacollege.edu <mailto:00000018ddb4db4a-dmarc-request at listserv.valenciacollege.edu> >:

Hi everyone!  Is there a symbol for when the thumb rubs across the fingers one by one?  I see this in signs for soil or sand, an action as though the person was rubbing off dirt from the fingers. Thanks!  Rachel

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