<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">This is the way I was taught... in
double digit numbers containing two of 6, 7, 8, and 9, the wrist twists
from high to low or low to high. The number 67 for example will twist
from a 6(fingertips aiming to the right-- low) to the 7(fingertips pointing
up-- high) 68 and 69 will twist the same way. 76 will twist
from fingertips up to fingertips side (high to low-- 7 is high, 6 is low).
78 and 79 will twist from low to high- 8 and 9 being high, 7 being
low. If the high digit is first, the hand twists from fingertips
up to fingertips side. If the low digit is first, the twist is from
side to up. Confusing, huh...</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
---------------------------------<br>
Cherie Wren<br>
GSD Staff Interpreter<br>
232 Perry Farm Rd<br>
Cave Spring, GA 30124<br>
706-777-2328<br>
706-766-0766 Cell<br>
<br>
This message and any included attachments are from the Georgia School for
the Deaf and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained
herein may include privileged or otherwise confidential information. If
you have received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately,
and delete it from your system.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<table width=100%>
<tr valign=top>
<td width=40%><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>"Valerie Sutton"
<signwriting@MAC.COM></b> </font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">05/02/2007 02:26 PM</font>
<table border>
<tr valign=top>
<td bgcolor=white>
<div align=center><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Please respond to<br>
sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</font></div></table>
<br>
<td width=59%>
<table width=100%>
<tr valign=top>
<td>
<div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">To</font></div>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</font>
<tr valign=top>
<td>
<div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">cc</font></div>
<td>
<tr valign=top>
<td>
<div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Subject</font></div>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">[sw-l] ASL Numbers and Palm Facing ;-)</font></table>
<br>
<table>
<tr valign=top>
<td>
<td></table>
<br></table>
<br>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>SignWriting List<br>
May 2, 2007<br>
<br>
On May 2, 2007, at 10:54 AM, Charles Butler wrote:<br>
> Valerie, this is great, it really did clarify this discussion in a
<br>
> major way. When fingerspelling turns to signatures, it really
<br>
> changes orientation.<br>
><br>
> It was like your discovery of the "autonomic" change that
happens <br>
> with signs like "1989" where without looking at a video
a person <br>
> "thinks" that they sign all the numbers upright, when the
8 tends <br>
> to flip over because of rhythm.<br>
><br>
><br>
> 1989<br>
> nineteen eighty nine<br>
<br>
-----------<br>
<br>
Thank you, Charles!<br>
<br>
Fingerspelling and signatures are a fascinating topic and I am sure <br>
we will continue to explore it as SignWriting spellings start to <br>
standardize...<br>
<br>
You are right that yesterday clarified a lot, for me too.<br>
<br>
and thanks for mentioning the numbers...like 1989...I have changed <br>
the name of this thread to ASL Numbers and Palm Facing because you <br>
bring up an important point...<br>
<br>
Adam was teaching me, last time he visited me, about the numbers in <br>
ASL...<br>
<br>
Way back in the early 1990's there were three native signers who <br>
wrote our ASL dictionary (Butch Zein, Bonita Ewan and Kathy Say) that <br>
was in the SignWriter DOS program all these years...you know the 3000 <br>
sign dictionary we had...<br>
<br>
Anyway...they wrote those numbers correctly so I cannot take credit <br>
for their writing...because they know their language obviously...<br>
<br>
But recently I had to create a dictionary for SignBank, and because I <br>
am not fluent in ASL, I started to wonder if maybe the same kind of <br>
twisting in the number 89, might also exist in other numbers like 45, <br>
or 27...<br>
<br>
But Adam taught me that those twists in palm facing only occur with <br>
numbers 60s through 90s...<br>
<br>
Is that correct, Adam?...feel free to correct me....have I understood <br>
this correctly?<br>
<br>
Anyway, I think I may have entered some numbers incorrectly in the <br>
SignPuddle dictionary online and I have been meaning to go over the <br>
numbers with everyone...<br>
<br>
Would you all enjoy reviewing the numbers with me as we correct the <br>
online dictionary?<br>
<br>
And thank you, Adam, for helping me understand ASL better!<br>
<br>
We all make a good team...<br>
<br>
Val ;-)<br>
<br>
<br>
</font></tt>
<br>