Peregrinator wrote:This is a minor error but in one scene (p.62 of the RTF) Nimitz signs "Yes" by making the "S" handshape (a fist) and bending it up and down from the wrist (which is correct)“I see Hamish and Emily have been good for the Beowulf side of you,” Allison said, and Nimitz laughed again, then raised his right hand—fingers closed to spell the letter “S”—and nodded it up and down in agreement.
while in another scene (p. 424 of the RTF) another treecat, Alfredo, signs "Yes" by making the "Y" handshape (thumb and little finger out) and bending it up and down (which is incorrect)He stopped, finally, and Gold Peak looked at him levelly. Then she glanced at the treecat on the master sergeant’s shoulder and arched an eyebrow. The silent question evoked only a single sign—one of the ones Harahap had learned to recognize—in response: the nodding “Y” which meant “yes.” Gold Peak considered him for a moment longer, then shrugged and turned back to Harahap.
And at some earlier point some ct made the ess symbol and nodded his head. I guess even treecats have accents. or maybe its a diffwrence of emphasis: yes, YES, yes