Don't Know

It was in my inbox for a month. I think I've made them wait long enough

it's a little early for this but could we get a happy Halloween if you haven't already?

Sure, it's close enough

Halloween

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Halloween in American Sign Language. Both hands in bent B handshape rotate to cover the eyes. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent purple and orange. Eyes and fangs are purple.

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Rest

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Rest in American Sign Language. Both hands in open B handshape with palms facing signer are crossed over the signers chest. Hands rest on the chest below the opposite shoulder. Sign is illustrated by arms that are translucent purple and pink. Background is white.

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out of curiosity, do you have a favorite variation of the sign for “queer”? ive seen the rainbow one propped up lately but ive always loved and preferred the variations with the open 8.

anyways fjfkfskdjg thats all.

- @asl-emojis

I hadn't seen the open 8 one before. In looking it up I found two.

There was one where the middle finger brushes past the side of the signers head. The author said about the sign "To me, this sign reflects our history as a resilient community"

The other was flicking out from under the chin. "this sign succinctly can be interpreted as an identity of “I’m not queer as in gay, but queer as in f*ck you!”"

I've always liked the rainbow version but the "queer as in fuck you" might be a new favorite

HuffPost

Queer Signs and What They Tell Us

The only place that I felt I could appropriately learn these terms was by socializing with my LGBTQ Deaf and signing peers.

Cook

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Cook in American Sign Language. Both hands in open B handshape. Dominant hand hits base hand palm with palm down then palm up. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, and purple in different stages of the sign. Background is transparent.

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In honor of summer, can you maybe show pool related signs??

Sure! The sign pool is usually fingerspelled.

[Image ID: overlapping green and blue hands spelling pool in American Sign Language. End ID]

I'll do some more summer signs in the next few days!

Summer

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Summer in American Sign Language. Index finger swipes across forehead, starting in 1 handshape and ending in X handshape.

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Ace

Sources: Rogan Shannon

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Ace in American Sign Language. The hands are translucent, overlapping, and the colors of the asexual flag.

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Difficult

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Difficult or Problem in American Sign Language. Both hands in bent V handshape, palm facing signer scrape past each other. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

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Rainbow

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Rainbow in American Sign Language. Hand in 4 hanshape, palm down on non-dominant side arcs and ends on dominant side, palm up. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple in different stages of the sign. Background is white.

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Yes this. Because ASL is a full language, but not the one being used to tell the story, only the meaning rather than the form is kept.

However, I think Sara Novik's way of showing ASL dialogue in True Biz is cool and represents how space is used in ASL. I don't have the book so I can't post a picture but I wrote about it for a paper.

[Image ID: Screenshot of an essay. the paragraphs each have their own column. The first on the left, the second on the right, and the third in the middle.

The POV characters dialogue was in one area of the page,

And the other characters dialogue was in a different area.

If there were multiple characters in a conversation they would get their own space as they entered the conversation.

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Something I get mildly annoyed about in writing (mostly in fanfics, since I haven’t encountered a published book with this), is when sign language is depicted identical to speaking. Like, commas, contractions, stuttering, etc.

When I was taught ASL in high school, we were told there was a way to write down sign, but it’s not like how you’d write a spoken English sentence. Words are typically in all caps, lack any -ing/-ed, and have a different grammatical structure.

For example: “I went to school today” would be made into something like “TODAY SCHOOL I GO TO”

Obviously, I’m not someone who’s remotely fluent in ASL, and high school classes do not give me the right to winge and criticize on behalf of those who do speak it. I just found it odd that I’ve never seen Glossing used at all in writing, and it bugged me that signs were used essentially like spoken dialogue (how does one stutter in sign language?), when there’s a uniqueness to the language that gets erased in the process.

Depression

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Depression in American Sign Language. Middle fingers of hands in open 8 handshape trace a line down the chest. Moveme is illustrated by arms that are translucent shades of blue in different stages of the sign. The blues get darker and less saturated as they go down.

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