SLLING-L Digest - 7 Jan 2000 to 8 Jan 2000

[Alysse Lemery Rasmussen]

If it were a bit lower, near / in front of the mouth, it would be the sign
which, in Wisconsin, means "LUNCH".

Alysse

At 12:00 PM 1/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
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>Topics of the day:
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>  1. Help me identify this sign
>Date:    Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:01:00 -0600
>From:    "Karlin, Ben" <MFKARLB at MAIL.DMH.STATE.MO.US>
>Subject: Help me identify this sign
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>I have seen a sign used by an American Deaf person that I am unfamiliar
>with.  I need to know if the sign is used ONLY by this person or
>if it is in general use, just not by a community that I am
>familiar with.
>
>Here it is:
>
>Sign is made one handed, just like the number 12 in ASL with the
>first two fingers flipping up twice from behind the thumb.  But
>the thumbnail is against the tip of the nose with the palm of the
>hand facing into the face so the fingers flash up in front of the
>eyes.  Hope this is a good enough explanation of the sign and No,
>it is not BUG.
>
>If you recognize the sign can you A: Tell me what it means? and
>B: Tell me who uses it (like "My deaf grandmother from Iowa" or
>"High schol kids in central CA" or "I haven't seen that in
>years!")?  Or if you have never seen it and think it is invented,
>that would also be useful for me to know.
>
>Please reply to MFKARLB at mail.dmh.state.mo.us or to the list.
>
>Thanks.  I've got others.
>
>Ben Karlin
>


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Alysse Lemery Rasmussen
Instructor ASL & Spanish, co-owner TeachASL (listserv for Teachers of ASL),
owner of GrantSeekers at onelist.com (listserv grant writers)
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