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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
sno-fhdy = yes sn = S handshape o = palm out -f = twist hand hd = palm down y = repeat lbni-m = think lb = bent-1 handshape n = forehead height i = palm in -m = move hand onto body jslbdd-tdy = time js = base S handshape lb = wide bent-1 handshape dd = palms down -td = touch wide hand down onto base hand y = repeat vbpo-o = look at you vb = bent-V handshape p = chin height o = palm out -o = move out ebpoo-oo = all eyes on you eb = bent-4 handshape p = chin height oo = palms out -oo = move hands out |