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Thank you very much. I need one last confirmation, to be sure that I understood correctly. Is each couple of the following symbols representing the same hand position? (I mean: each couple a different position.) Thank you for your attention. Regards, Daniele On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 18:29, Adam Frost <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > These symbols are difficult for many beginners because of the difference > in rational and intuitive interpretation of the symbols. The rational > interpretation comes about when looking that the function of the individual > symbols and how they get their meaning, which is what you are doing right > now. And there is nothing wrong with that. Basically, everything your email > “assumed” is correct in the rational interpretation of the symbols. (Of > course, I am assuming that by rotating 90º you mean rotating on the floor > plane rather than the wall plane.) > > However, I doubt that you have actually been rotating them the “wrong” way > because there is an intuitive interpretation as well. The intuitive > interpretation of the symbols comes into play when you write complete signs > and the symbols just don’t look right because the fingers aren’t pointing > in the correct direction. Let me quote from the Hand Symbols Manual. > > Finger Direction Is Meaningful > Two ways to write the same positions: The Top View of the Back of the Hand > can be written at > a slant. Some writers feel this looks like real life, because the fingers > are directed down. > > Basically, the intuitive interpretation of the hand symbol means that the > symbol on the right in the image below can mean the same as the symbol on > the left. > > This is not limited to the Back of the Hand in Top View; this same > interpretation can be applied to other rotations as well. The best way to > understand how this interpretation works is by actually writing signs > instead of analyzing the technical functions of the symbols. > > > Adam > > On May 4, 2019, at 4:17 AM, Daniele Giacomini <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello, > I realized that, often, I have been using hand symbols rotated in the > wrong way. Trying to make my mind clear, I have prepared a table for the > shape "Angle" and I am asking your help. > > *Firstly* to understand if what you can see in the following table is > correct: > > Angle > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Secondly*: if the first three columns are correct, do I have to assume > that the rotations in the last three columns should be interpreted as > parallel to the floor? > > *Thirdly*: if the above assumptions are correct, do I have to assume > that: > > , rotated 90° counterclockwise, is the same as ? > > > , rotated 90° clockwise, is the same as ? > > , rotate 90° counterclockwise, is the same as ? > > > Thank you for you attention. > > Regards, > Daniele > > > > ________________________________________________ > > SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION > > Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] > > Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] > > SignWriting List Archives & Home Page > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist > > Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages > http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 > > > ________________________________________________ > > SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION > > Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] > > Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] > > SignWriting List Archives & Home Page > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist > > Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages > http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 > ________________________________________________ SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1