[sw-l] FLASH-THE-LIGHT

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
August 2, 2007

Stuart Thiessen wrote:

> I wrote this as the sign for flash the light once. If repeated, I  
> would plan to put more arrows. Does this seem like a clear  
> spelling? Or should I use the wrist arrows instead? It represents  
> the light coming on and then off overhead.
>


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Hi Stuart!
Thanks for posting the first question to our new SignWriting List!

And the writing looks good....

The writing tells me there is a movement up as well as down...

Usually the Fast Symbol is placed near the arrow or arrows it is  
influencing (at the tip of the arrowhead), rather than under the  
handshape...

Do you need the movement up? Can it be written with just the down arrow?

If the movement becomes multiple later, it could show emphasis down- 
down...like this...These little movement arrows incorporate the idea  
of fast movement...short and quick, so the Fast Symbol may not be  
necessary in this case...


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Although some people probably do the movement from the wrist joint,  
can you read it without that information? I think you probably can,  
so maybe the Wrist Movement is not a necessary? But it certainly  
would be accurate if you wrote it...

So those are some of my thoughts...what do you think?

Val ;-)