USA... Sign for ENGLISH

[Stuart Thiessen]

I think there is a spelling error here though, Valerie. I suspect the 
variation being discussed is where the right hand (dominant hand) 
touches the back of the left hand (non-dominant hand) twice with 
somewhat of a grasping or touch motion. I haven't seen a variation of 
English where both hands actually move up and down while being grasped.

See my previous email for suggestions on these ....

Thanks,

Stuart

On Dec 15, 2005, at 12:46, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> December 15, 2005
>
>> Philippe from Iowa wrote:
>> I did ask someone here and we never see the second variation (going 
>> down).
> Hello Philippe and Cherie!
> I understand. And I appreciate you telling us, Philippe. Those first 
> two signs were written by three Deaf staff members...all from 
> different parts of the country...Kathy Say is from Arizona, Bonita 
> Ewan was from Minnesota and Alaska I believe, and Butch Zein from 
> Texas...they were the three that wrote the signs that are in the 
> SignWriter Computer Program dictionary, which were then transferred 
> over into the ASL SignPuddle later...and they always discussed each 
> sign together and oftentimes found that they had different variations 
> of signs...so I am not surprised that you may not know every variation 
> they chose, but I believe those two variations do exist somewhere in 
> the US...smile...Wonderful to get your feedback and keep informing 
> us...I bet you have some signs unique to Iowa too! 
>
>
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