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Valerie Sutton Date: Thu Nov 30, 2000 6:02 pm Subject: Re: Spelling -question : angle -hands parallel to the floor | |||||
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>Hi, people ! >We think that the trouble with this kind of representation of the >diagonal plane is that it's the same to represent the floor plane in >cursive writing... >SignNet-MCT-PUCRS SignWriting List November 30, 2000 Hello Everyone, and SignNet! Yes...I am well aware of this!! SignWriting Printing (typed by computer) and SignWriting Handwriting (cursive written by hand) are different. Because the Printing is typed by computer, we can type more sophisticated-looking symbols. More details can technically be typed, and read by others, simply because the computer gives us that capability. But we all know that writing by hand is harder. And when we write spoken languages by hand, we do not include as much information as when we type by computer. The horizontal-axis line means the horizon. In SW Printing, we can type the symbols easily, so we are able to give more detail, showing the differences between the Diagonal Plane and the Floor Plane horizontal axis. In SW Handwriting, we never thought the differentiation was necessary. In other words, we never bothered to write both the Diagonal Plane and the Floor Plane - the slash just meant the horizon, and we all assumed it was parallel to the floor. I personally feel we do not need the details in the Printing either, but if people really want to write those details in the Printing, then of course they can. Please see the attached diagram ;-) | |||||
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