Non-dominant, one-handed signing

[Des Power]

Don:

You are a trouble-maker :-) Im tempted to say we wouldnt try to spell words
like that!!

However, see Bencie and Adams contributions today. I must say Ive never had
more than (my normal :-) problems reading such fingerspelling, but then Ive
never tried "kahoolahaue"! (havent tried
"Cardawallawarracooolacurricapalandoo" either (its a lake in South
Australia) or that famous Welsh railway station!!

Des

> 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
>>> editing, proofreading, and linguistic consultation
>>