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Valerie Sutton Date: Tue Nov 14, 2000 6:12 pm Subject: Re: Stefan: Please re-post your rules ;-)) | |||||
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November 14, 2000 You know, I am so sorry everyone, but the rules that you just showed us are not acceptable for me - I could never write the signs with those angles....the thumbs cannot rule in all cases... So I promise...I will find what you showed us before in old messages...yes....Stefan...I thought you showed us something quite different before...and we will finalize this once and for all! Sometimes rules can actually work against us, because visual symbols work differently depending on the person - as you just said, the ASL sign for Father (see below), felt better with the thumb line, even though it is not perfect with the way it looks in real life - and that is my point - letting the writing system flow in a relaxed fashion may actually be better for truly capturing signs visually in the long run. My memory is that when I showed some Deaf friends the signs written with lines or with dots, most people chose the lines....the dots are very abstract and are not as "immediately readable" in some cases. And in regards to the rules as to where the fingers go - to one side or the other - I have another theory - I believe the "center of the body" is what is important.... So I am going to try to write a couple pages of my explanation on this subject, and place it on the web, and then I will ask for your feedback, and then when the subject comes up again we can point people to the pages on the web and say - ha! See all the discussion...what do you think? :-))) It will be solved through time and through use... | |||||
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