nondominant handshapes

[Dan Parvaz]

I'm posting this for Sarah Hafer (charityh at comcast.net), who is having
trouble posting to the list (Paul, are you out there?)

-Dan.

>> What would a native, non-initialized signed version of "email" look
>> like?
>
> I, for one as a native signer, along with a mass number of native and
> non-native(those who are heavily involved with using the current ASL)
> ASL signers
> especially in California and the East, use /FIST_hand down/ for the
> non-dominant hand and /SIDE FIST_on back hand of non-dominant hand +
> ONE/ for the dominant hand. This sign is used only for the verb tense
> of 'e-mail'.For noun, we fingerspell!! This is much more appreciated.
> We squirm dearly when we see verb E-MAIL sign used in the place of
> noun, i.e. 'Me got his /verb_E-MAIL/ last night me.' :)
>
> Sarah Hafer
>
>
> --
> "It takes a complex mind to
> create a simple mind."