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So if I should write it like this: it would be wrong one way and right another? Looks like I would be saying "peuw" rather than "clown" anyways. lol Bill On 9/12/2011 4:45 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote: > SignWriting List > September 12, 2011 > > Hi Charles - > Thanks for this message! > > The word intuitive is used in different ways - no one says the thumbs > match - of course they don't! > > But it is intuitive for us in other ways - we like placing the right > hand on the right side of the body, because for us, it goes back to > the old stick figure - before we used to write the arm lines attached > to these hand symbols and they still do in Denmark and sometimes in > schools, and since the right arm is on the right side of the body, it > feels best to me anyway, to have the right hand on the right side of > the body...but of course the details of the thumbs are not perfect - > you are absolutely right - in the long run though, people do read > stick figures and when you take the stick figure away and leave just > the hands, you have the hands on the right side of the face - so we > were never saying that the photo and the symbol match one hundred > percent - they never have since the beginning of the system - but when > we write, there is an intuitive feeling to the writing system anyway - > at least that is what others tell me - I respect your concern and > please go right ahead and write as you wish - we are just documenting > what the symbols represent to us - > > > > > >