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Thank you.<br><br><br><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-video/id646100661">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS</a><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Thursday, January 6, 2022, 3:21 PM, Valerie Sutton <sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv1547673309"><div>SignWriting List<div class="yiv1547673309">January 6, 2022</div><div class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"></div><div class="yiv1547673309">Thank you, AnnaGrace!</div><div class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"></div><div class="yiv1547673309">----<img id="yiv1547673309A8100146-6EC9-4197-915F-FA4108A51955" src="cid:f16Hmy8eUGI6FqkrqVRi" yahoo_partid="2.2" class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"><blockquote type="cite" class="yiv1547673309">On Jan 6, 2022, at 12:33 PM, AnnaGrace Greenfield <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:msannagrace20@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:msannagrace20@gmail.com" class="yiv1547673309">msannagrace20@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">Hi Valerie, Adam, and Carlos,<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">Thank you for your replies! I appreciate your information and thoughts.<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">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!<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">With warm regards,<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">AnnaGrace Greenfield<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 9:03 PM Valerie Sutton <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" class="yiv1547673309">sutton@signwriting.org</a>> wrote:<br class="yiv1547673309">SignWriting List<br class="yiv1547673309">January 3, 2022<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">Please see attached diagram -<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">In general, the Index Finger is oftentimes straight, long, and on the side of the square.<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">In general, the Middle Finger is oftentimes straight, long, and in the middle of the square.<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">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.<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">In general, the Thumb is short, straight and in the middle of the square.<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">BUT…. (big grin) …. as you can see by the attached diagram, this is not true much of the time!<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">And these are only squares - many of these numbers are really written with circle hand symbols, or angle handshapes.<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">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…. <br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">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...<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309"><img id="yiv154767330938D337C0-BCF1-4202-A2D5-C53391F8E39F" src="cid:vogovCqjTzYLRlBhRmbe" yahoo_partid="2.3" class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">________________________________________________<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator sutton@signwriting.org<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">Post Messages to the SignWriting List: sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">________________________________________________<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION<br class="yiv1547673309"><br class="yiv1547673309">Valerie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