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<P>I agree with you Cherie, it does feel awkward that the sign is on by the right shoulder with the right hand. In that case it would be a classifier descibing how chemo is done. But to make it just a regular sign, it would be on the left shoulder just for the shear reason of comfort. As to having it clear as to where the hand touches the chest/shoulder area, the first writing was clear to me. I signed as I read the writing just as you described it, the pinky touching. It was very clear that the pinky was the only thing coming in contact because of how the palm was facing. The seperating the hand and touch with the shoulder line was more difficult to read.</P>
<P>Adam<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"Cherie Wren" <cwterp@YAHOO.COM></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</I><BR>To: <I>sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [sw-l] ASL Sign for Chemotherapy?</I><BR>Date: <I>Sat, 4 Feb 2006 08:51:03 -0800 (PST)</I><BR>>The 4 hand would be fingers splayed, it is a<BR>>classifier that can mean flowing liquid. The port was<BR>>on the right in my daughter's case, although it wasn't<BR>>for chemo. That (right hand on right shoulder) feels<BR>>really awkward as a sign, though. I would tend to<BR>>sign it right hand on left shoulder, because that<BR>>feels more natural to me... What say you Deaf folk?<BR>><BR>>cherie<BR>><BR>>--- Bill Reese <wreese01@TAMPABAY.RR.COM> wrote:<BR>><BR>> > "Open four
hand, palm up, tap pinky to the chest<BR>> > where a port<BR>> > would be - just below the shoulder joint, in the<BR>> > meat of the<BR>> > pectoral muscle"<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > That's a little ambiguous to me as I don't know<BR>> > which hand or shoulder,<BR>> > if the fingers are splayed or if the little finger<BR>> > touches once or<BR>> > twice. If I take it to be the right hand's little<BR>> > finger touching the<BR>> > chest just below the right shoulder, palm up, thumb<BR>> > tucked, fingers<BR>> > splayed, touching just once, would this be correct?<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Bill<BR>> ><BR>><BR>><BR>>__________________________________________________<BR>>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around<BR>>http://mail.yahoo.com<BR>><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>