[sw-l] FLASH-THE-LIGHT

[Stuart Thiessen]

Actually, there is no down-up movement for me. But I wasn't sure how  
to best show the changes in handshape. I think we sign it the  
same. :) Look on SignPuddle under "flash-the-light". You can see my  
two spellings.

Stuart

On 2 Aug 2007, at 23:06, Adam Frost wrote:

> Thank you Kelly Jo. You answered my question that I was wondering.  
> I know that for Stuart's perposes that there needs to be a down-up  
> movement, but I was wondering how to write it if there wasn't any  
> such movements. You answered it before I could play a little with  
> the idea. :-)
>
> Adam
>
> On 8/2/07, K.J. Boal <kjoanne403 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> And here's one I sent to Val by mistake!  Yes, please, do make it  
> so we reply directly to the List!!!  If we want to send an email to  
> someone in private, it's easy enuf to do that...
> KJ
>
>
>
> From: kjoanne403 at hotmail.com
> To: sutton at signwriting.org
> Subject: RE: [sw-l] FLASH-THE-LIGHT
> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 21:41:17 -0600
>
> Okay, this is weird... I got Stuart's original message, but I  
> couldn't see your message in the reply, Val; it came as attachments  
> not in the body of the email!  The only attachment that I could see  
> in the actual email was your suggested rewrite.  Usually it's the  
> other way around; text comes through and the picture doesn't... but  
> when Stuart wrote his response back, I could see all the text.   
> Computer glitch (I've been having a lot of those!), Hotmail issue,  
> or something to do with the new server?  Any ideas?  (Personally, I  
> suspect some sort of weird interaction between my computer and the  
> new server...)
> KJ
> P.S.  I know the sign Stuart's talking about, and although I would  
> put the hand closer to the head, I would use the down-up arrows.   
> Using arrows that only go in one direction makes me think the light  
> ends up staying on, when the sign intends it to be off at the end.   
> Three flashes would end up being a bit clunky, though... although  
> repeated quick flashes are a slightly different movement and you  
> might be able to use the hinge movement instead.  See attached -  
> what do you think?  The only problem is that this writing makes it  
> look like the fingers never come apart, which is where Stuart's  
> writing is more accurate.  I guess it's really a balance - accuracy  
> vs. simplicity!
> KJ
>
>
>
> > From: sutton at signwriting.org
> > Subject: Re: [sw-l] FLASH-THE-LIGHT
> > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:04:02 -0700
> > To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> >
> > 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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