Writing scratching and drumming fingers, and asandbank for SignWriting

[Valerie Sutton]

On May 11, 2008, at 8:16 AM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:

> Well, the difference is that with ASL, we are using the pads of the  
> fingers rather than the fingernails or finger tips. Theoretically,  
> you could have a sign that distinguishes between finger pads and  
> finger tips. :)
>
> If so, what to do?
> --------------------
> Stuart Thiessen


If the meaning of a sign changes with the minor difference of the tips  
of the fingers versus pads of fingers, it would mean the difference in  
handshape from the fingers being a little more bent to get the tips of  
the fingers on the surface, to the fingers being a little more  
straight to get the pads of the fingers on the surface...so I would  
think just changing the handshape would be enough information for  
everyday use to give us enough information to read the two different  
signs...

Here in this diagram are the tips of the fingers scratching the tip of  
the elbow in a drumroll-like fashion...it is in the BSL SignPuddle for  
Great Britain:

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Of course in Movement Writing we can show the underneath, side, inside  
and top of fingers in the exact spot, by circling sections of the  
finger, but for SignWriting I think that is unnecessary...
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