<div dir="ltr">Hi AnaGrace, how are you?<br>A handshake for the entire list.<br><br>I felt free to answer you, I am also an ASL user, although my native language is Libras (Brazilian Sign Language).<br>But I hope others can complement my thinking.<br><br>I started writing sign languages in 2018 and at the beginning I had a lot of questions like yours about representation of hand configurations. I saw various configurations that didn't seem to represent exactly what I saw in my hands while performing the gestures.<br>But as I was writing texts, doing translations and teaching writing, I started to understand the configurations and why they are the way they are.<br>Last year I had the honor of having a video call with Valerie and Adam to question a specific handset that a friend had written and I thought it was weird, I even thought it was a mistake in creating it (and similar ones).<br>But with a lot of patience Adam in the presence of Valerie managed to explain to me the reason for being the way it is.<br>That day my mind lit up.<br>Until then I thought the SW was 100% iconic (it represents exactly as if it were a drawing), but after that day I understood that it's not that way. Although it is a visual script that resembles "drawings" just as every script in any language has its arbitrary character (representation agreement).<br>My advice is to use writing in your everyday life, writing, translating, reading and so on. The more you write, the more we realize that in fact this was the best format found to represent the signals quickly and with conceptual efficiency.<br><br><br>If you want, we can make video calls and I'll show you why each of the settings are as they are (the ones you mentioned and others that also confused me at first).<br>Voluntarily, you won't need to pay anything.<br>I'm deaf, I use ASL so communication will flow.<br><br>But going ahead, I can tell you that the two graphemes you mentioned are correct in SW, there is no inconsistency. It's just perspective, when you see it you'll realize that it was the best way.<br><br>If you want to chat with me privately my email - <a href="mailto:carloscristianlibras@gmail.com">carloscristianlibras@gmail.com</a><br><br>I hope other SW users on this list will also respond to further clarify. I just wanted to give you my report and offer my free help.<br><br>A Brazilian hug.<br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 5:38 PM AnnaGrace Greenfield <<a href="mailto:msannagrace20@gmail.com">msannagrace20@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi SignWriting community:<div><br></div><div>This is for American Sign Language users---</div><div><br></div><div>1) For the handshape that resemble the number "<b><font size="4">2</font></b>" or the letter "<b><font size="4">V</font></b>", I tend to write:</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kxz525bq1" alt="Screen Shot 2022-01-03 at 3.31.43 PM.png" width="74" height="78" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div><br></div><div>2) However, Sutton's textbooks show it as:</div><div><img src="cid:ii_kxz530vu2" alt="Screen Shot 2022-01-03 at 3.29.39 PM.png" width="44" height="72" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div>which, to me, looks like a "<font size="4"><b>K</b></font>" handshape. </div><div><br></div><div>3) According to Sutton's textbooks, "<font size="4"><b>K</b></font>" is represented as:</div><div><img src="cid:ii_kxz54rl12" alt="Screen Shot 2022-01-03 at 3.33.41 PM.png" width="103" height="73" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please tell me, is there any reason not to use the handshape in:</div><div>(1) when I want to depict the "2" handshape (HS:2 or HS:V)? </div><div>(2) when I want to depict the "K" handshape (HS:K)?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your input and thoughts,</div><div><br></div><div>AnnaGrace</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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