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Valerie Sutton Date: Sat Jul 8, 2000 1:54 pm Subject: Re: rotation symbols and directions | ||||||||||||
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>I have to say WRONG, I can't deal with a system that moves arrows back and >forth and has them mean different things depending on where they are placed. > >I read down the page. If an arrow is at a point on the page, I read that >arrow, place my hand on it and follow that arrow. Now I can't depend on >that. I want an arrow to mean one movement, and one movement ALONE. > >Are you saying that lines curving up are now pinky lines, and line curving >down are now thumb lines. Now I am completely confused. > >Charles SignWriting List July 8, 2000 Hello Everyone, and Charles! Thank you for your excellent messages. The system is the same, Charles. The only thing that is changing is a different way of explaining the same symbols you already know and use well. Of course you can depend on placing your hand in the position and following the arrow - that still is true and always will be... The signs you have been reading in documents for years all follow the same principles I taught in the previous messages. There is nothing new about the actual writing. Perhaps what is changing is simply a deeper understanding of the general "movement writing system" behind SignWriting. So just go on writing exactly as you have been... And if you choose using the SW symbols in a different fashion than I do, that is fine too! I have always loved your writing ;-) You asked for some signs that use some rotation symbols. I went into our SignWriter Computer Program's ASL dictionary, and I have created a GIF below. I am sure that these examples will just stimulate even more questions, and as you already have so eloquently expressed, I am trying to accomplish too many tasks right now. So I promise, Charles, your questions will be answered in time...but it may be a month or so, before I can complete the illustrations ;-) Thanks so much for your input - | ||||||||||||
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