[Sw-l] Proofreading Fridays!

Sat Apr 2 18:12:33 UTC 2022

Hi Val,

Thank you for your detailed and helpful reply.

Oftentimes, a spelling in any written language is condensed for the sake of
convenience, space, and technological constraints. I am so eager to teach
and share SignWriting to others. If anyone comes up with the spelling like
I did here for "January", I certainly can pass along your explanation.

I have included the entries for "January" (in ASL) from SignPuddle 2.0 here
for others to observe. (See below.)

[image: Screen Shot 2022-04-02 at 2.10.58 PM.png],
AnnaGrace

[image: Screen Shot 2022-04-02 at 2.05.39 PM.png]

On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 6:45 PM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
wrote:

> SignWriting List
> April 1, 2022
>
> Hello AnnaGrace,
> Thank you for writing some fingerspelling. Of course, SignWriting can be
> used to write any style or dialect of signing and it really is up to the
> writer what one chooses to write, but because we were dealing with computer
> programs that standardized a way to type fingerspelling, we had to make a
> choice as to what style of signing we wish to use for the computer standard.
>
> So when it comes to January, how would I write it? I would go to
> SignPuddle 2. I would choose the Fingerspeller Program icon on the left of
> the screen.
>
> I would type in the letters JAN and it would give me a version from left
> to right and a version going vertically down and then I can save the sign
> as an actual sign in the dictionary. Fingerspeller is a good little
> program. I also loved the old SignWriter DOS fingerspelling keyboards. I
> have attached the diagrams. And you will notice that the signing style is a
> little bit different than yours and that is ok. The J is one that we chose
> years ago for computers, so it became our “standardized” J. And all the
> fingerspelling faces out towards the reader…so even if physically the A
> might be white palmed briefly while moving through the letters, the end
> goal is to show the reader the letters facing them - we are looking at our
> own hands and most fingerspelling, except H and G are "back of hand view"
> (black).
>
>
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> _____________
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>
> > On Apr 1, 2022, at 10:35 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone!
> >
> > I filmed myself signing in ASL the letters I and J. I also signed
> "January" in ASL. I put the signwriting spelling next to them. (Please see
> the attached film.)
> > Could you please tell me whether the spellings are correct? If not,
> please give me the alternative spellings.
> > Looks like a good review or practice on the arrows!
> > Thanks so much for watching, and I look forward to your feedback!
> > ~ AnnaGrace
>
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