nondominant handshapes

[Victor Brown]

Is there a history on who (Deaf, hearing) coined "email"? The one Dan
mentioned with the non-dom C hs. (BTW, I've always seen that version of
EMAIL with full-C.)
What makes this from non-native?

Is the fingerspelled lexeme for "email" MORE acceptable than the signed
lexeme?

What would a native, non-initialized signed version of "email" look like?

Victor
----- Original Message -----
> How many of these signs were coined by native signers?
> {snip}
> EMAIL (non-dominant handshape is baby-C) are examples of
> these. I'm not saying these signs "aren't ASL" (although there are
> normative arguments for excluding them) but this wouldn't the first
> instance of borrowed words following different phonological rules.
>
> -Dan.