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Judy Kegl Date: Tue Oct 27, 1998 12:30 am Subject: Re: SW Symbol Questions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Regarding the "smooth" line, in Nicaragua we don't use it anymore. That's a judgment call -- and I am not saying whether or not it was a good one, but I thought I'd let you all know anyway. We use the "slow" sign frequently, but were unable to differentiate when a sign was "smooth" as opposed to "slow", so we just call all the slows and smoothies "slow". We do distinguish between "slow/smooth" and "very slow" (by using the double-slow dynamic indicator. Also, we alway put the dynamic markers on the bottom, except for the tension dynamic marker which for us has two meanings depending upon its location. (For us, a tension marker on top of an arrow point indicates that the hand movement stops abruptly.) There are times when I wonder if we really need to use the symmetry marker (as opposed to the asymmetry markers) rather than assuming symmetry by default in the absence of the marker. Personally, I find the symmetry marker enhances the readability of the sign. We've made some other adaptations -- we think we've done some tweaking up, as suits our particular needs. Others might disagree --- but then my ego is made of pretty stern stuff. All in all, we are 99.9% faithful to Valerie's system. -- James Shepard-Kegl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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