Non-dominant, one-handed signing

[Grushkin, Donald A.]

Des:

I can see, for most of the BSL letters, how you could spell out the word on
a "ghost hand.  However, the vowels require contact with specific fingers on
the n-d hand... I'm sure that could create a lot of confusion dealing with a
"ghost", especially in words with a lot of vowels... try spelling out
"kahoolahaue" (I think that's the correct spelling of a place in Hawaii) in
BSL with only one hand...

Care to clarify?

--Don Grushkin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Des Power [mailto:d.power at MAILBOX.GU.EDU.AU]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 5:28 PM
> To: SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
> Subject: Re: Non-dominant, one-handed signing
>
>
> Remember that us two-handed fingerspellers can fingerspell on the
> nondominant hand too :-) - just as Mark says, when the other hand is
> "encumbered" with a broom, glass :-), etc. (or missing; I
> know of at least
> one Deaf man who lost most of his non-dominant fingers in a sawmilling
> accident). The dominant hand just spells the words out on a
> "ghost hand"
> thats not actually there - across about the same size space
> it would be if
> there was a nondominant hand there.
>
> Des
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>
> > I recall the term "encumbered signing", referring to
> signing when one
> > hand is occupied with driving, holding, etc. How well do the
> > conventional adaptations for this common situation adapt to the
> > comparable situation here?
> >
> > -- Mark A. Mandel, Ph.D., d/b/a Dr. Whom
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