[Sw-l] Could you proofread my ASL signwriting?

Wed Feb 9 20:39:01 UTC 2022

Hello AnnaGrace,

I am still not sure why you are constructing the “2” the way you are. If I were to read it without knowing what you are intending, I would see the base handshape is like an “O” with 2 fingers extended upward and spread. Because of the location of the two fingers, I would assume they were the two in the middle of the hand — not including the index finger. To be honest, I can’t really make my hand form into that shape. ;-)

If I were to construct the “2” to show the spread fingers as you are trying, I would make it like this: 

However, the closest handshape that we have (and with good reason) is this one: 

I know people new to SignWriting often assume that this is a “K”, but it is obviously different when you see that this is a “K”: 

Adam

> On Feb 9, 2022, at 11:46 AM, AnnaGrace Greenfield <msannagrace20 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Hi Hector,
> 
> I made some changes in the signwriting. 
> Can you please do me a favor and show a video of 
> yourself signing the two signwriting glyphs in this email?
> Thanks so much! 
> (Others reading this email are free to do likewise, if they wish to do so.)
> 
> <Screen Shot 2022-02-09 at 2.40.20 PM.png>  <Screen Shot 2022-02-09 at 2.40.56 PM.png>  
> 
> Muchas gracias!
> 
> AnnaGrace
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 2:07 PM Hector Devia Robayo <hdeviar at gmail.com <mailto:hdeviar at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hello AnnaGrace,
> 
> I'm a user of Colombian Sign Language (LSC). I read the signs you wrote as I understand them and as I think they must be read. Did I hit the nail on the head?
> 
> <SEÑAS.png> <https://youtu.be/L1SQuJHJZfk>
> https://youtu.be/L1SQuJHJZfk  <https://youtu.be/L1SQuJHJZfk>
> 
> 
> El mar, 8 feb 2022 a la(s) 09:53, AnnaGrace Greenfield (msannagrace20 at gmail.com <mailto:msannagrace20 at gmail.com>) escribió:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've come up with American Sign Language signwriting for nine or ten English words. They are displayed at the bottom of this email. I'd like to see if your answers are the same as mine. I would like to run them by you before I can contribute them to the SignWriting Dictionary.
> Your answers can be next to the corresponding number on the list. Thanks so much!
> English answers:
> 1.
> 2.
> 3.
> 4.
> 5.
> 6.
> 7.
> 8.
> 9.
> 
> ASL signwriting:
> <Screen Shot 2022-02-08 at 9.35.06 AM.png>  <Screen Shot 2022-02-08 at 9.35.14 AM.png>  <Screen Shot 2022-02-08 at 9.35.21 AM.png>  <Screen Shot 2022-02-08 at 9.35.29 AM.png>   <Screen Shot 2022-02-08 at 9.35.38 AM.png>
>   
> <Screen Shot 2022-02-08 at 9.47.05 AM.png>  <SW ate.png>  <SW eating.png>  <SW will eat.png>
> 
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