[Sw-l] Scissors Finger Movements

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
February 20, 2022

Hello Andre and everyone,
Thanks once again for catching this detail.

The little arrows inside the Scissors Symbol represent in-in or out-out movement. If the handshape starts as an open V handshape, looking like an open scissors, then the fingers have to go in-in, or close-close, moving towards the center of the hand, in the direction of closed fingers. So most cutting actions like cutting your hair would have the little arrows pointing in. See attached.

I could not find an example of a sign that starts with closed fingers in an H hand and then does an open-open movement. If anybody knows of a sign tell us ;-)




 

Val ;-)



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