<div dir="ltr">Hi Valerie, Adam, and Carlos,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for your replies! I appreciate your information and thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>I have read each of your emails very carefully. I need a few days to compose my reply. Just letting you know that it's definitely in the works!</div><div><br></div><div>With warm regards,</div><div><br></div><div>AnnaGrace Greenfield</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 9:03 PM Valerie Sutton <<a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</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 style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">SignWriting List<div>January 3, 2022</div><div><br></div><div>Please see attached diagram -</div><div><br></div><div>In general, the Index Finger is oftentimes straight, long, and on the side of the square.</div><div><br></div><div>In general, the Middle Finger is oftentimes straight, long, and in the middle of the square.</div><div><br></div><div>In general, the Baby Finger is oftentimes short, at a diagonal, and on the opposite side of the square than the Index Finger. And sometimes it is thickened so we notice it when reading quickly.</div><div><br></div><div>In general, the Thumb is short, straight and in the middle of the square.</div><div><br></div><div>BUT…. (big grin) …. as you can see by the attached diagram, this is not true much of the time!</div><div><br></div><div>And these are only squares - many of these numbers are really written with circle hand symbols, or angle handshapes.</div><div><br></div><div>So instead of trying to find logic, instead think of reading something quickly. Recognizing hand symbols quickly, when reading a novel or newspaper or the New Testament in written ASL - what does your eye look for? It looks for Finger-Groups or Finger configurations…. </div><div><br></div><div>Look at the attached diagram - and I will try to explain more tomorrow - mainly Carlos and Adam are correct - it is intuitive and a matter of reading a lot of symbols - the first symbol we start with in the Index finger, so it is the strong one that we base a lot of symbols on...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="gmail-m_4063964678244917430CE44CB3B-5E64-4F77-8DA4-1D93F5848EE7" src="cid:17e31153b66b5ab23e1"></div></div>________________________________________________
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