<div dir="ltr">Hi Adam,<br><div><br></div><div>As an ASL teacher, would you recommend using the BaseSymbol 75 handshape instead of BaseSymbol 74 when producing the letter "E"? </div><div><br></div><div>I see a lot of new signers use #74, and I show them #75. </div><div>I recall these handshapes for the letter "E" were also mentioned in a Signing Naturally textbook. </div><div>(I posed a front/palm view of #74 for your reference:)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>AnnaGrace</div><div><img src="cid:ii_l1fka3j91" alt="Screen Shot 2022-03-31 at 6.17.04 PM.png" width="472" height="325"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 2:30 PM Adam Frost <<a href="mailto:icemandeaf@gmail.com">icemandeaf@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 style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">BaseSymbol 259 is similar to an “S” handshape (or a fist) except the knuckles are all raise. So I guess I could see why it would look close to an “E” in ASL.<div><br></div><div>The main difference is the thumb. In BaseSymbol 75, the fingers are on top of the crossed over thumb. In BaseSymbol 259, the thumb crosses over the fingers.</div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 31, 2022, at 11:10 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace <<a href="mailto:msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Adam and all,</div><div><br></div><div>Can you please tell me the difference between these two BaseSymbols, even if it is very slight? (See picture in this email.) </div><div><span id="gmail-m_-1935162152374963636cid:ii_l1fb942t1"><Screen Shot 2022-03-31 at 2.08.03 PM.png></span><br></div>Thanks,<div>AnnaGrace<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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