[Sw-l] Signs for TRUCK and TRUCKS?

Thu Oct 27 03:22:42 UTC 2022

Hello Valerie and all SignWriting List members,

Here in Brazil, there are two variations for the truck signal, which I know
of.

[image: Slide1.JPG]
[image: Slide2.JPG]

As for the plural, there are some ways, or possibilities. I chose to use
classifier to demonstrate the plural, as below:

[image: Slide3.JPG]

Hug!

Em sáb., 22 de out. de 2022 às 21:33, Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
escreveu:

> SignWriting List
> October 22, 2022
>
> Thank you, Adam!
>
> I am going to try to use two different software programs this weekend,
> DELEGS from Germany and SWSignWriter App from Honduras, to write an ASL
> sentence using our ASL vocabulary.
>
> It is coming!
>
> Hope other countries will write signs and sentences too -
>
> Thank you to everyone for your contributions of signs, sentences and
> software...
>
> Val ;-)
>
> ----------
>
>
>
> On Oct 22, 2022, at 4:47 PM, Adam Frost <icemandeaf at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> While it would be understood if you added an “S” at the end, most ASL
> users don’t normal pluralize in the same fashion that English does. In
> cases of overt pluralization, ASL used would use some sort of
> quantifier, such as a specific number, few, many, pointing to several
> locations, or even use a plural form of classifiers to indicate a plurality
> of trucks. Of course, ASL also allows for implied pluralization as well,
> but that is very contextual in use.
>
>
> Adam
>
> On Oct 22, 2022, at 4:27 PM, Valerie Sutton <sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG>
> wrote:
>
> SignWriting List
> October 22, 2022
>
> Hello SW List and Adam -
>
> Thank you for this information, Adam -
>
> ASL signers….
>
> Here is the fingerspelling of TRUCK in ASL. How do we sign plural? Many
> TRUCKS? I will write a sentence soon… using the plural …. do I add an S at
> the end of the fingerspelling?
>
>
>
> or
>
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> On Oct 22, 2022, at 2:16 PM, Adam Frost <icemandeaf at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> That’s a tricky question for ASL. HA!
>
> Generally speaking, ASL users just fingerspell truck rather than use a
> sign for it. There are some lexicalized changes that occur from people to
> people, but I would probably just stick to the traditional fingerspelling
> of it.
>
>
> There is a sign that has fallen out if use because of its association with
> SEE (signed exact English). That is what this sign is:
>
> Although, I would probably write it like this instead:
>
>
> This sign is actually the sign for DRIVE that some ASL users will use to
> talk generically about a driving truck, or even referring to a truck
> specifically (although I think the palm facing should have a break,
> which differs from how this is written):
>
>
> The last sign in Puddle isn’t familiar to me either. I’m not sure what
> sign is being attempted.
>
> Might be a regional sign that I’m not aware of, as there are a few
> regional signs for TRUCK out there as well. :-)
>
>
> Adam
>
> On Oct 22, 2022, at 9:29 AM, Valerie Sutton <sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG>
> wrote:
>
> SignWriting List
> October 22, 2022
>
> Hello SignWriting List!
>
> What are your signs for TRUCK and TRUCKS?
>
> ONE truck (singular) and many trucks (plural)?
>
> I have NO idea how to sign or write these signs in ASL - The examples in
> SignPuddle 2 are not like any signs I have personally have seen…
>
> I hope you can help me ;-)
>
> And what are the signs in Colombia, Brazil and Germany?
>
> Val ;-)
>
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