[Sw-l] ASL: Glyph for "2" and "K" handshapes

[AnnaGrace Greenfield]

Hi Valerie, Adam, and Carlos,

Thank you for your replies! I appreciate your information and thoughts.

I have read each of your emails very carefully. I need a few days to
compose my reply. Just letting you know that it's definitely in the works!

With warm regards,

AnnaGrace Greenfield




On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 9:03 PM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
wrote:

> SignWriting List
> January 3, 2022
>
> Please see attached diagram -
>
> In general, the Index Finger is oftentimes straight, long, and on the side
> of the square.
>
> In general, the Middle Finger is oftentimes straight, long, and in the
> middle of the square.
>
> In general, the Baby Finger is oftentimes short, at a diagonal, and on the
> opposite side of the square than the Index Finger. And sometimes it is
> thickened so we notice it when reading quickly.
>
> In general, the Thumb is short, straight and in the middle of the square.
>
> BUT…. (big grin) …. as you can see by the attached diagram, this is not
> true much of the time!
>
> And these are only squares - many of these numbers are really written with
> circle hand symbols, or angle handshapes.
>
> So instead of trying to find logic, instead think of reading something
> quickly. Recognizing hand symbols quickly, when reading a novel or
> newspaper or the New Testament in written ASL - what does your eye look
> for? It looks for Finger-Groups or Finger configurations….
>
> Look at the attached diagram - and I will try to explain more tomorrow -
> mainly Carlos and Adam are correct - it is intuitive and a matter of
> reading a lot of symbols - the first symbol we start with in the Index
> finger, so it is the strong one that we base a lot of symbols on...
>
>
>
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