Also see: Dactylaprothmia
When it takes more effort to "sign" a concept than to fingerspell the concept --
what do you think the Deaf Community is going to do?
Typically we (in the American Deaf Community) are going to spell it.
Even if spelling takes about the same amount of effort as signing -- if the
signed version is ambiguous or causes confusion -- we are going to spell choose
to spell instead of sign in order to avoid ambiguity or confusion in low context
situations.
People choose to seeks signs for well-established fingerspelled concepts
typically for the following reasons:
1. Expansions for those who don't know what "bail" means.
2. English-avoidance syndrome: A condition in which signers attempt to purge
their signing of as much English as possible (even if it means foregoing
long-established / common initialized or fingerspelled versions of signs -- thus
creating confusion) because they feel that doing so will help themselves to be
perceived as being better signers. I'm not referring to natural language
evolution. I'm referring to those who go out of their way to "purge" to an
extent that it starts creating worse communication rather than better.
3. Capitulations to Hearing people who are reluctant to fingerspell since
Hearing people (typically) do it so badly or slowly.
Clue: Pressuring the Deaf community for a sign for something we already
commonly, regularly, and near effortlessly spell -- is a form of seeking to make
your life easier -- not ours.
Notes:
See: BAIL
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