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From:
Neil Bauman Date: Sun Jun 7, 1998 2:17 pm Subject: Re: Sinister SignWriters! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hi Harry: >How many SignWriters on this list are left-handed? And do you >find it troublesome to compose all your pictograms in the dexterous >(right-handed) form? Otherwise, left-handed SignWriting may >confuse readers. How is it for ASL and like languages (one-hand >manual alphabet)? You are not alone, Sinister Harry. I'm left-handed too. When I was learning fingerspelling in a HOH class everyone was told to use their right hand. So I began to learn that way. Then a few years later, a deaf friend tested me and told me that my brain only thinks "left-handed" and if I ever wanted to be a fast signer, I should switch to "left handed signing"--which I did. And Valerie, I was going to say, who cares about left-handed sign writing. Why not just have one way like we do in English. Perhaps you don't know this, but when I was learning to write--before I went to school, I always scribbled from right to left--the natural way for us lefties to write. But there is no provision for us to write like this in English--so why make an exception for Sign Writing? At the same time, I sure appreciate the thought that someone cares enough about the 10% of us who are leftys to design keyboards to write "south-paw". I really appreciate your thoughtfulness Valerie. As you said in another post, with experience, it is easy to read both dextrous and sinister signers. Regards Neil Neil Bauman Box 1233 Three Hills, Alberta CANADA T0M 2A0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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