Writing Number 16 in ASL

[Stuart Thiessen]

Well, for all of the 10+ signs (16-19), I always sign them with the  
palm facing the left, not the palm facing the chest. So if we wrote  
it that way, there is no way that it could be misunderstood as a two- 
handed sign. Personally, the more I think about it, the more I think  
that numbers like this really don't need the rotation symbol if the  
palm orientation communicates the same information. If the writing  
could be misunderstood as a two-handed sign, then the rotation arrow  
certainly will help to clarify.

Those are my thoughts. So, I guess that means I like the bottom right  
too.

Thanks,

Stuart

On 23 Aug 2007, at 1:41, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> On Aug 22, 2007, at 10:49 PM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:
>> well otherwise there are two hand
>> symbols presented and you have to figure out whether you are  
>> dealing with a
>> two handed sign, or a typo .., or what ??
>
> Hi Stefan!
> Thanks for your good comments, and thanks to Charles too ;-)
>
> And I thought of the two-handed sign issue too, for the ten  
> handshape that has the white palm (the sign top right)...that could  
> be either left or right hand...so you are right that could be mis- 
> read without the movement arrow...good point...
>
> I am glad to see you like the first one, Stefan and Charles...that  
> would make it easier since we are used to that writing...I actually  
> like the bottom right one too...I don't think that can be confused  
> with two handed signs...
>
> <Picture 1.png>
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> So...Since I am doing the layout for the publications of the Bible  
> John 1-7, Cat in the Hat, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella this  
> autumn, I think I will leave it to the writers of each document to  
> check my page numbers to see if they like the way I wrote them, and  
> if they request changes then I will make them, so that each  
> publication has the author's style of writing, not only for the  
> document itself, but for the page numbers as well...
>
> Here are some ASL numbers written with two handshapes...we have  
> written them this way for a long time...I don't think they look  
> like two handed signs in these cases...I hope not...
>
>
>
> <numbers.png>
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