Like many first exposed to a new language, there is always a secret wish to quickly comprehend what takes time and effort to know. I thought it would be fun if someone used the Genie to wish for a new language instead of asking for riches and power. While finishing the ad, I realized my dictionary didn’t have the sign for MAGIC. As Aladdin has his fingers crossed in the ASL sign for HOPE, it made sense to have the Ginn grant the wish with the ASL sign for MAGIC. Both Flat O HS held slightly apart are thrust forward into a Contracted 5 HS. The sign mimics the Magical Puff of Smoke. The cartoon makes this hard to see with Aladdin in the way and not enough space to fully show off the hand sign, but MAGIC is still there. (Another hand sign for MAGIC found in the Canadian Dictionary of American Sign Language looks similar to the hand sign for MIRACLE, which is in my dictionary).
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