[Sw-l] Question about wrist side-flex

[Ms. AnnaGrace]

Hi Adam,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I have a question about that symbol:

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Doesn't that symbol indicate the wrist to go forward and backward (as
opposed to side-to-side)?

~ AnnaGrace

On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 1:54 PM Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is already a way to write a side wrist-flex. You just place the
> wrist-flex symbol on the side on the handshape with the movement to the
> side.
>
> I am assuming you would like to write cheese like this?
>
>
> Adam
>
> On Nov 1, 2022, at 9:41 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> It's been a while since I last wrote an email! I hope you are well.
>
> I've been researching a wrist movement that I call "wrist side-flex". I
> don't know if that's already been mentioned in the SignWriting textbook or
> other publications. Maybe DanceWriting has it?
>
> I am enclosing a sample of an ASL sign for "cheese" that uses a 'wrist
> side-flex' so you can see what I mean by that. Is there a symbol that
> indicates this particular movement?
>
> One of the videos shows Hector (who knows Columbian Sign Language) reading
> the SignWriting spelling for ASL's "cheese". This SW spelling leads the
> non-biased reader (Hector) to produce the sign that isn't quite
> representative of ASL's "cheese." I think if there is a symbol for the
> wrist side-flex in this spelling, then the signer could correctly perform
> the ASL sign for "cheese."
>
> Thank you, Hector, for volunteering to read and videotape the signs for
> me! You have been a great help to me. Keep up your good work in SignWriting!
>
> I look forward to your comments. Thank you for your time and thoughts.
>
> Cheers,
>
> AnnaGrace Greenfield
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