An interesting query on Non-Dominant Hands (NDH)

[Adam Frost]

Yup. That's what I said. ;-) So are you asking where the "C" base is  
in SignPuddle?

Adam

On Nov 23, 2009, at 7:08 PM, "Charles Butler"  
<chazzer3332000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The ASL Teacher list serve asked this question.  What shape is the  
> Non-Dominant Hand in the sign "church".
>
> That is  a very interesting question, one that I have asked before  
> to some
> of my fellow  deafies in my community. I have seen the NDH being a C  
> as you
> said, as well as  a fist and a flat hand. The most memorable is when  
> I asked
> my friend who is  very pious which it should be for CHURCH. He said  
> that if
> you sign church on a  flat hand, you have a weak foundation; if you  
> sign it
> on a fist, you have a  firm foundation. When I asked about it with a  
> C, he
> said then you have a weak  foundation lazily placed. Then I joked  
> with him
> and said that maybe it was a  weak foundation trying to look like a  
> firm one.
> He laughed at that one. The  point being from what I have gathered  
> from him
> and several others is that it  really doesn't matter which of the  
> three you
> use when just chatting, but when  in a very formal setting to use  
> the fist
> base. Now whether you are teaching  your students to be apart of  
> t_he Deaf
> community socially or professionally  will help you decide which to  
> teach.
>
> MY Comment:
>
> Here is what I find on SignPuddle -- with flat hand and with fist.
>
>
> church
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sign: Reader
> Modified: September 18, 2008 08:38
>
>
>
> church
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sign: Reader
> Source: Vanessa J.
> Modified: September 18, 2008 08:41
> Puddle page 7401
>
>
> >From what I have noticed is that SN tries  to find a happy middle  
> for those
> who may be unsure or don't want to limit to  one or the other without
> overloading students with too many options. Hope that  helps.
>
>
>
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