ASL signs for DANCE and WOW both use Wrist Movement

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
July 8, 2007

Charles is correct that the sign for DANCE and AEROBICS should be  
written as Wrist Movement Symbols, because that is exactly what they  
are! Rotation Symbols are defined as having the wrist locked, so the  
sign for DANCE should not be written with Rotation Symbols. Thanks  
for catching that misspelling, Charles, and I am sure there are  
others...we will slowly find them. So the signs for DANCE and  
AEROBICS should be written as Wrist Movement Symbols, or with just  
normal Movement Arrows for the arms:

Here are two ways to write the sign for DANCE...the first is Wrist  
Movement, and the second is Arm Movement:

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I know this is a surprise to others, who have gotten used to the  
other way of writing this sign, but it is these inconsistencies that  
make the problems for people misunderstanding the symbols and their  
specific definitions...

So WOW and DANCE do use similar Wrist Movement Symbols, although the  
Wrist Movement for WOW I feel, has the emphasis on Down-Down, where  
the sign for DANCE is more evenly distributed side to side...

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