[Sw-l] [SPAM] Re: On describing houses in slums using SW

[Valerie Sutton]

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February 19, 2020

Hello Mark Dinh Cao Tue and Cherie -

Thank you, Mark, for asking about this interesting sign.

And thank you, Cherie, for offering to write it. Without a video of the
sign, I would not be able to even try -

So we look forward to the discussion ;-)

Val ;-)





On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 3:08 AM Cherie Wren <
000000111c1a7803-dmarc-request at listserv.valenciacollege.edu> wrote:

> You can change the movement to represent the chaotic placement of the
> houses, and can use facial expressions to add the feeling of unruliness.
> not sure exactly how I would write that, but the movement would be larger,
> and more sloppily signed, some higher some lower as the hands tap together,
> and the facial expression would be the tongue out 'careless' and the head
> would rock with the chaotic motion of the hands.  I'll take a stab a
> writing it after work...
>
> On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 05:58:12 AM EST, Tuệ Đinh Cao <
> dinhcaotue03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Ms Val,
>
> I want to describe a chaotic, unruly cluster  of slum houses, but the most
> I can represent it in SW is this (the attached image below). The circular
> motion for both hands does not represent the chaotic and unruly-ness of the
> cluster of houses. Hence, how should it be?
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Mark Dinh Cao Tue
>
>
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