American Sign Language (ASL)

American Sign Language: ABCOS15

"ABCOS15"
The letters and numbers "ABCOS15" are the typical hand shapes formed by your non-dominant hand while signing. Another term for non-dominant hand is your "base" hand. For two-handed signs in which the two hands don't have the same handshape you will notice that almost without exception the non-dominant hand is in one of these shapes: "ABCOS15." You see these shapes on the non-dominant signing hand when it is providing a stationary base for your "in-motion" dominant hand.
Also, if you are right handed and are doing a two-handed sign in which only one hand moves then the left hand will almost always be one of those handshapes (ABCOS15) and vice versa for left-handed people.

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