Problem with O alphabet for spell

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
February 22, 2008

On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:30 AM, Sebolelo Nhlapo wrote:
> Hello valerie and everyone.
> Happ new year!Hope your everythings is well.I made it alphabet for  
> GNAPP.But i am not clear this symbol that which is correct O  
> letter.please find my attachment.
> Please give me a correct of symbol.
> Sincerely
> sebolelo


Hello Sebolelo!
Thank you for this question...and thanks for posting your question to  
the SignWriting List!

It has been a long time since we have heard from you. How are things  
going in South Africa? Recently, another List member wrote asking  
about SignWriting in South Africa...did you see that message?

To answer your question...
Here are the two O Hands...one shows the back of the hand and the  
other the side view... (see attached diagram)...





Fingerspelling is different all over the world. When you ask which one  
is correct, are you asking about fingerspelling in the United States,  
or fingerspelling in South Africa?

I do not know the fingerspelling in South Africa...So look at your own  
hands when you are fingerspelling...Do you see the back of your hand,  
or do you see the side view, when you are fingerspelling? Write what  
you see...That will be correct ;-)

Regarding writing fingerspelling in the US...over the years we  
established a standardized way of writing fingerspelling, that was  
mostly viewing the back of the hand, because when people fingerspell  
quickly, they rarely turn their hand to the side view because of the  
fast speed of fingerspelling, so here in the US, we tend to write the  
black symbol that represents the back of the hand, because that is  
what we see...

What is GNAPP?

Thanks for your posting!

Val ;-)


Valerie Sutton
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