Dr. Bill's notes:
This sign uses a "very" interesting handshape. The "O" is
obviously mapped to the first letter of "Oakland." Then the "i"
shape (the pinkie sticking up) can be thought of as representing a
type of "D" shape. The normal fingerspelled letter "D" uses the
index finger, not the pinkie, but that is not the point of this
sign. The point is it is showing you an "O" and then it is cleverly
mutating the "last part" of that "O" (the pinkie) in such a way as
to cause the handshape to become sort of a "D."
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