Fingerspell lowercase letters

ThinkingStiff · 12-12-2011, 07:51 PM

I took seven semesters of ASL/deaf culture in college and this topic never came up. I googled it to no avail.

Many times, especially in technical situations, the case of a letter is important. An example would be if you were telling someone your password. You also might be spelling a company name where case mattered, like eBay (and perhaps the other person was writing it down on a check where case was important).

So how do you fingerspell lowercase letters in these scenarios?

**mbrek** · 12-12-2011, 08:06 PM

Write it down instead?

Journey · 12-12-2011, 08:20 PM

There is a sign for "capital letter", so if I were spelling a name that required a capital in a place other than the beginning (ie: John LeBlanc), I would sign J-o-h-n pause - L -e -<sign for capital letter> b (emphasized) - l-a-n-c.

posts from hell · 12-12-2011, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Journey

There is a sign for "capital letter", so if I were spelling a name that required a capital in a place other than the beginning (ie: John LeBlanc), I would sign J-o-h-n pause - L -e -<sign for capital letter> b (emphasized) - l-a-n-c.

Noob way to do it.

My way:

Positioning of the hand. Higher than others = capital.

ThinkingStiff · 12-12-2011, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Journey

There is a sign for "capital letter", so if I were spelling a name that required a capital in a place other than the beginning (ie: John LeBlanc), I would sign J-o-h-n pause - L -e -<sign for capital letter> b (emphasized) - l-a-n-c.

Perfect. So lowercase is assumed. What's the sign for capital letter? Link or description is fine.

Thanks.

Journey · 12-12-2011, 09:37 PM

Noob?

**mbrek** · 12-12-2011, 10:24 PM

Newbie. Newb. Noob. Same.

Sunshine · 12-12-2011, 11:33 PM

Game what PFH say

Sorry cm, use capital sign mark you as hearie

Journey · 12-13-2011, 12:29 AM

lol Sunny, I am a hearie!

Sunshine · 12-13-2011, 12:30 AM

I know. I just tell you this make obvious!

Journey · 12-13-2011, 12:40 AM

haha Sunny, no worries, I have no delusions that I don't look like a complete hearie no matter where I am or what I do. The fact that I am most fluent in the various ways to say "whoa"/"slow down"/"that blew right by me", gives me away every time lol.

Audiofuzzy · 12-13-2011, 01:57 AM

How about - upper case- you climb up a chair
- lower case- you crouch

sorry I couldn't help myself (head hangs in shame)
seriously- how about simply indicate with the other hand either U or L ??

Fuzzy

diehardbiker · 12-13-2011, 07:12 AM

There is no capital rule in ASL, sorry. No such thing and I never thought of this til you asked.

***VamPyroX*** · 12-13-2011, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by posts from hell

Noob way to do it.

My way:

Positioning of the hand. Higher than others = capital.

That's how I do it too. I've seen this done for years since I was a kid.

posts from hell · 12-13-2011, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Audiofuzzy

How about - upper case- you climb up a chair
- lower case- you crouch

sorry I couldn't help myself (head hangs in shame)
seriously- how about simply indicate with the other hand either U or L ??

Fuzzy

Humor aside - why chime in on something you don't know anything about?

"indicating" anything with another hand with "either the letters U or L" is downright confusing, and not to mention it goes against all the ASL rules.

I feel bad having to correct this because I don't want misinformation being spread.

purplewowies · 12-13-2011, 10:44 AM

I had no idea there was a "capital" sign, but I also never thought of using/had to use it. I thought I'd do something like what PFH said if I ever needed to indicate something was capital.

Plan B if they don't understand my hand movement/position: sign "big" in the most showy, theatrical way possible for each capital letter.

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Journey Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 989	There is a sign for "capital letter", so if I were spelling a name that required a capital in a place other than the beginning (ie: John LeBlanc), I would sign J-o-h-n pause - L -e -<sign for capital letter> b (emphasized) - l-a-n-c.

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Journey Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 989	Noob?

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Sunshine Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Home of Canucks! Posts: 3,269 Blog Entries: 2	Game what PFH say Sorry cm, use capital sign mark you as hearie

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Journey Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 989	lol Sunny, I am a hearie!

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Audiofuzzy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,389	How about - upper case- you climb up a chair - lower case- you crouch sorry I couldn't help myself (head hangs in shame) seriously- how about simply indicate with the other hand either U or L ?? Fuzzy __________________ . A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Mohandas Gandhi .

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purplewowies Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 186	I had no idea there was a "capital" sign, but I also never thought of using/had to use it. I thought I'd do something like what PFH said if I ever needed to indicate something was capital. Plan B if they don't understand my hand movement/position: sign "big" in the most showy, theatrical way possible for each capital letter. posts from hell likes this.

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