<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I was teaching how to write some signs when I came to a very common movement in ASL: down-right-down. An example of a sign with this movement is the ASL number 22. Here is how this movement has been traditionally written.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img src="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/glyphogram.php?text=AS10e50S26606S22f04M18x28S10e50n18xn28S26606n12x1S22f04n16x14&pad=10&name=22" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When I was teaching this writing, my student asked why there has to be three arrows when it is a single (and very common) movement. This lead to a discussion of possible ways to write it. This is what was proposed.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img src="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/glyphogram.php?ksw=M18x24S10e50n18xn24S2890an11x9" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I thought it was interesting that the placement of the curved movement almost implies an initial small downward movement. What are your thoughts on this writing?</div><br class=""><div class="">
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