Rhythm, Speed & Movement
When fingerspelling, the hand is at shoulder height. It does not bounce with each letter unless a letter appears twice in a row. Letters are signed at a constant speed; a pause functions as a word divider. The first letter may be held for the length of a letter extra as a cue that the signer is about to start fingerspelling.
Read more about this topic: American Manual Alphabet
Famous quotes containing the words speed and/or movement:
“No speed of wind or water rushing by
But you have speed far greater.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)