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SignWriting List August 8, 2019 Hi Adam and SW List members - Hmmmm ;-) Regarding the ASL sign for BOTH - Each example is readable... and thank you, Adam, and cw and writers in SignWriter Java, for writing this sign. There are 2 writing rules or guidelines that I try to follow: 1. "First, write the Position of Contact" (page 194-195 in the Lessons in SignWriting Textbook) 2. "Every sign has a center" (page 196 and continues for some pages....) So in the sign for BOTH, the way I interpret it, there are 2 Positions of Contact - the beginning position and the ending position, since the fingers came together and contacted each other in the ending position... that is why I choose to write the second position - I think it is easier for the reader - no guessng So based on Adam's most recent writing, I have included my suggestion: ----------- > On Aug 8, 2019, at 10:30 AM, Adam Frost <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Here’s another question. ;-) > > I have been struggling with spelling BOTH. Looking in SignPuddle, I found a couple of spellings. The first is from “cw”, and the second was copied from SignWriter Java. > > > > In 2013, I rewrote these two. Looking at it now, I don’t think it is very readable, although it is more compact. > > > > I just now decided to rewrite it now. I know it uses another advance symbol, but is it readable if you know what the symbols mean? > > > > > Adam > > ________________________________________________ > > SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION > > Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist <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 <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