BRAZIL question about sign for OITO

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
May 3, 2008

On May 1, 2008, at 2:13 PM, Charles Butler wrote:

> Query on proper way to write a sign.
>
> The sign is "oito", the letter 8 in Brasilian Sign Language.
>
> The video is at http://www.acessobrasil.org.br/libras/
>
> I wrote it as an "E" + "S" in the SignPuddle.
>
> My recollection of this sign is an "S" with a wrist twist rather  
> than E to an S.
>
> Charles

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Hello Charles - Thanks for this question.

Take a look at the old Brazilian Fingerspelling Keyboard for  
SignWriter DOS. Find the "Number 8" key on the keyboard. That is how  
we wrote it back then, with the help of Marianne and Ronice:


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