This is the difference between fingerspelling and lexicalized fingerspelling in ASL. :-) I was having a discussion with one of my co-workers about this exact situation last week. Words like BUZZ, JAZZ, and PIZZA are commonly spelled words and don't have a common sign for themselves. This is where the "double Z" would come into play. But words like BLIZZARD and DAZZLE are not commonly spelled words in ASL, so they would be best understood by doing two regular Z's when fingerspelling.

Anyways… I digress. :-) When doing actual fingerspelling, this feature is great! When doing lexicalized fingerspelling, it helps a lot because I am sure that it was easier to start out with "JAZ" and then change the handshape to make it a double Z rather than doing it all from scratch. :-)

Adam

On Oct 7, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Romero wrote:

technical -- I thought this was how 2 z's were finger spelled. 
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On Oct 7, 2013, at 12:17 PM, Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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October 7, 2013

HOW TO USE FINGERSPELLER continued…

3. Type in the spoken language word, and click Create. The word in fingerspelling appears.

4. Then click on the Save Sign button to save the fingerspelling as a sign in the dictionary -


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