Writing Number 16 in ASL

[Valerie Sutton]

On Aug 22, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> Well, it is the 10 hand ... in concept ...  but when I actually  
> produce the sign, the thumb of the 10 hand actually rests on the  
> hand instead of being fully extended. In other words, the formal  
> way to teach is 10+6, but in actual production (at least for me),  
> the thumb of the 10 hand is not fully extended.  Does that make sense?
> Stuart

Oh yes...I fully understand that is the way you sign it...and it is  
written well for that purpose ;-)

But should the formal writing of the number 16, in page numbers at  
the bottom of publications like the Bible, and Cat in the  
Hat...should that writing be formal or informal?

In other words, from a standardization point of view, for formal  
writing documents, should we be writing the way one person produces  
the sign, or the way the sign was built on 10 plus 6?

And actually my real question was related to the Rotation Symbol...is  
it really needed in the formal writing of the sign when we can see  
the rotation from position to position?

I wonder if these questions will ever be fully solved...there are  
just so many issues involved with standardization!


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