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Valerie Sutton Date: Fri Feb 18, 2000 2:50 pm Subject: Claw Hand or the Cupped Hand? | ||||||||
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February 18, 2000 I received this question yesterday. Look at the attached .GIF for the question and my answer. But this question brings up an important point... Number 2 shows the Claw Hand with Spread Fingers. That is a handshape that only bends at the middle joint of the fingers. It is used with a lot of animal signs, because it looks like a claw.... Number 3 shows the Cupped Hand with Spread Fingers. That handshape shows a bend at the knuckle joint too...it is truly curved "forward"....it is no longer a claw...it is a true "cup". If I were writing the sign for RAIN, I would use Number 2...the Claw Hand. Somehow the Cup seems more like holding a small ball or whatever and doesn't give the feeling of RAIN like number 2 does. Also, notice how hard it is to write the Cupped Hand projecting straight forward. You wrote it correctly, but it does look weird...why not place the hands at a slight diagonal, as in my Number 3? So I would choose Number 2 below, if I were writing the sign: | ||||||||
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