[sw-l] FLASH-THE-LIGHT

[Adam Frost]

You have a point there. It could be read as a open-close like a puppet talk.
LOL. I didn't even think of that.

Adam

On 8/2/07, Stuart Thiessen <sw at passitonservices.org> wrote:
>
> It is readable and concise. Do your fingers spread when you sign the light
> being on or not? The way I sign it is I go from the initial handshape that
> you show to spread fingers. From your spelling, I wouldn't know to do that,
> but that is ok if it is understood. So it could go either way.
> Stuart
>
> On 2 Aug 2007, at 23:16, Adam Frost wrote:
>
> I just wrote my idea. Is it too much for reading?
>
> Adam
>
> On 8/2/07, Stuart Thiessen <sw at passitonservices.org > wrote:
> >
> > 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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