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Stefan Woehrmann2 Date: Wed Jan 23, 2002 5:36 pm Subject: Re: ZURICH: Some general questions | |||||
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I love to discuss spelling problems - so thanks for your questions. I sat down and wrote a variation of several signs that come close to your description. Which one would you choose ?? Stefan ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Sutton" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 4:39 PM Subject: ZURICH: Some general questions Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 From: Penny Braem Subject: Zurich - some general questions Dear Val, Here are some general questions that have cropped us as the Noah notation went along: 1. In closed fist handshapes (with the thumb crossed over the fingers), is there a way to differentiate between different orientations of the thumbtip? In the DSGS sign for goat, for example, the fist is placed on the chin, palm facing the body, with the crossed-over thumbtip pointing to the nondominant (left) side; the hand then moves in a downward curve out from the body, ending with the palm facing away and thumbtip up. Another DSGS sign is made at the same location, with the same handshape and palm orientation, but with the thumbtip pointed up (like in the ASL sign at the forehead for DUMB, or the orientation of the hand for the ASL sign for WRONG). (...) | |||||
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