or "indeterminate spelling in ASL"
Indeterminate fingerspelling is a process or approach to handling the
communicating of words for which a person perhaps knows the first few letters of
the word but doesn't know or is not sure of how to spell the rest of the word.
Notes:
Question:
In the Lesson 33 video could the fruit you are discussing be durians?
Answer: Yes! At around the 40:33 mark of the Lesson 33 Video
(
https://youtu.be/FUHOI951gQ4?t=2434 ) I start discussing a type of fruit
and use a process I refer to as "indeterminate spelling" (or indeterminate
fingerspelling). You see me start to spell "durian" D-U-R... at which point
I realize I'm not going to be able to finish spelling it with any level of
confidence in the accuracy of the spelling so I just add the general sign
for "SPELL." The resulting meaning is as if I'm stating "D, U, R, ...
something."
So bravo to you for figuring out that I was referring to a "durian" (and/or
durians) and even bigger bravo for catching an authentic example of
indeterminate fingerspelling! A rather common example of indeterminate
fingerspelling that comes up from time to time in the Deaf world is the
spelling of spinal meningitis. See:
https://youtu.be/BVaB2KDQ9-c
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