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Charles Butler Date: Mon May 25, 1998 10:14 am Subject: Re: Sinister SignWriters! | |
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Harry Blackmore wrote: > > Sinister SignWriters! Of course I am referring to the Latin > for left-handed SignWriters! > > I am left-handed, and I sign AUSLAN, the AUstralian Sign > LANguage derivative of British Sign Language and, therefore, > uses the two-handed manual alphabet. As you may imagine, > it sometimes takes a novice sign-reader a little adjustment to > realise why the signs he or she is reading on the sinister signer's > seem back to front! > > 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)? > > Harry Blackmore > (not only left-handed, but also down-under!) > > Dr Harry Blackmore > Tel: +61 8 9245 1474 Fax: +61 8 9245 1430 > Mail: 43 Newborough St., Scarborough, Western Australia 6019 It wouldn't matter to me, I see left and right handed signers all the time. The signs are dominant/less dominant, not left/right oriented, except when referring to specific objects in space. |
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