My dictionary is a collection of lessons from my teachers’ instruction in American Sign Language. As a resource for others, I felt it essential to include the two separate ways to sign the numbers 1 to 5 with the context for each use. I have cartoons of Gallaudet and Clerc to title the Alphabet, so I used code-driven robots to handle the numbers. I have the left and right-handed cybernetic men signing my first challenge in learning ASL numbers, the number 3. It took me some time to unlearn and abandon the three middle fingers used in the UK, USA, and Canada for the two fingers and thumb of ASL, France, Spain, and Germany. Learning the hand sign for 3 came from France also explains its use in French sign language (LSL) and the language born from its study, ASL.
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