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Valerie Sutton Date: Thu Nov 16, 2000 11:39 pm Subject: Pointing fingers on different planes... | |||||
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>I think different. In fact I have been in the need to write the back of the >hand at a diagonal position and felt happy to understand that here is the >solution to this problem. In the past I used only three of the five >positions - but now I can imagine to use # 4 as well - SignWriting List November 16, 2000 That is great news, Stefan. I am happy to know that. For researchers who need an "international movement-writing alphabet", these differences matter. Whether they matter so much for everyday use is hard to know...but that is why I need to keep the rule open for the moment to find out how many people really choose to differentiate in such detail.... especially children - I suspect most children will read the signs intuitively without such detailed palm facing... It will be interesting to see, won't it?! Here is another explanation for the details: | |||||
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