ASL initialized RED

[me]

I have seen old signer used an R-handshape; Most of us used point finger for
Red.

Jody
> Hello SLLING-L listers,
>
> I have a quick question about sign usage in ASL.  Would you all say the
> initialized version of ASL RED (with an R-handshape) is
> (commonly/sometimes/never) used by ASL signers, or is it really more of a
> Signed English sign?
>
> Thanks,
> -Kearsy
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