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

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
January 6, 2022

Thank you, AnnaGrace!

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> On Jan 6, 2022, at 12:33 PM, AnnaGrace Greenfield <msannagrace20 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Valerie, Adam, and Carlos,
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> Thank you for your replies! I appreciate your information and thoughts.
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> 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!
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> With warm regards,
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> AnnaGrace Greenfield
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> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 9:03 PM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
> SignWriting List
> January 3, 2022
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> Please see attached diagram -
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> In general, the Index Finger is oftentimes straight, long, and on the side of the square.
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> In general, the Middle Finger is oftentimes straight, long, and in the middle of the square.
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> 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.
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> In general, the Thumb is short, straight and in the middle of the square.
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> BUT…. (big grin) …. as you can see by the attached diagram, this is not true much of the time!
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> And these are only squares - many of these numbers are really written with circle hand symbols, or angle handshapes.
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> 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…. 
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> 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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