SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: Symmetry of the Circle Hand

[Sandy Fleming]

Val wrote:

> The middle finger pointing straight up is not an insult in all
> cultures, Daniel. When writing Hong Kong Sign Language, the
> middle-finger-up handshape is used a great deal... to mean brother and
> other members of the family...it is a good handshape in Eastern
> cultures...it is only an insult in western cultures...so the handshapes
> are used all over the world for different reasons...so that is why we
> have such a large symbol set...

In BSL (British Sign Language), too, the handshape with the middle finger
raised is used for signs such as "holiday", "idle", "joke" and "not there".

Sandy