Word List Author Note: can use both 1-handshapes the whole time (beginning to end); can use L-handshapes the whole time; can start with BOY then end with this same ending with L-hands or 1-hands; can sign BOY + ALIKE (old-fashioned). If you end with your Dominant 1-handshape landing on your Non-Dom 1-hand, you are actually ending with the sign CORRECT (right). Dr. Vicars (ASL University) describes SON as "BOY + CORRECT."