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ASL Sign Jotting isn't intended to write down how to produce a sign exactly. It is only meant to be able to jot down how to produce a sign recognizably.
Variations are inevitable. The finger-pointing direction is generally more important than the palm facing direction. Signers tend to leave their wrists in a natural position and bend the fingers to the correct pointing direction. Therefore it does take some imagination to "sound-out" an ASL word written using ASLSJ. Continue to Bent Fingers
sao-ahdy = yes sa = S handshape o = palm out -a = twist hand hd = palm down y = repeat lbfi-z = think lb = bent-1 handshape f = forehead height i = palm in -z = move hand onto body psad-lbd-tdy = time p sa = base S handshape d- = base hand palm down lb = wide bent-1 handshape d = wide hand palm down -td = touch wide hand down onto base hand y = repeat vbnov = look at you vb = bent-V handshape n = chin height o = palm out v = move in palm facing direction (out) ebaoov = all eyes on you eb = bent-4 handshape a = chin height oo = palms out v = move hands in palm facing direction (out) |