Amazed (Modified by Stuart Thiessen)

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
November 30, 2005

Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> I didn't see Valerie's response below ...  The link you pointed me  
> to is another sign for AMAZING meaning the jaw drops.  But the one  
> I am using is different. The location is the same as SURPRISE, but  
> the hand movement is different. Instead of the closed index and  
> thumb handshape to the "L" handshape like SURPRISE, it goes from a  
> fist handshape to a "5" handshape and back to a fist handshape. It  
> imitates the widening of the eyes when seeing something surprising  
> or amazing.

Hi Stuart -
I will try to write a few versions of this now, plus we will have a  
videophone conversation in an hour? So we can confirm it then, unless  
you have an iSight camera or a camera to take a video of yourself  
doing it...Funny...I have an iSight camera now but I haven't set it  
up yet!  Val ;-)
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