Spam: ASL signs for DRINK

[Bill Reese]

Hi Tini
What if I "chair" a board - as chairman of the board?  I'm thinking of
the words that can be used as either a noun or a verb.  I thought the
asterick * meant contact...
:-)
Bill


Tini Pel wrote:

> You are right Bill, Doing something twice is a "noun" and doing
> something once is a "verb" . For example CHAIR is *~* and SIT is *
> Tini.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Bill Reese <mailto:wreese01 at TAMPABAY.RR.COM>
>     To: SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA <mailto:SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
>     Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:17 PM
>     Subject: Re: Spam: ASL signs for DRINK
>
>     Val,
>
>     I don't know why we are talking about drinks.  Maybe we need one!
>     A good stiff one.  :-)
>
>     My first thought on this is that it would be nice to have (n) and
>     (v) after those.  The (n) for "noun" after "drink" used as a noun
>     (I think it's the second one) and (v) for "verb" for when it's
>     used as the act of drinking - more specifically, "to drink".  If I
>     recall my ASL classes, doing something twice could indicate the
>     noun form of the sign.
>
>     Bill
>
>
>     Valerie Sutton wrote:
>
>>     Dear SW List members, and Jean!
>>     The ASL signs for DRINK (2 of them) are listed below....
>>
>>
>>
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