My cartoon dictionary, now available, has over 1000 ASL hand signs, close to 60 of them being clowns. Instead of posting them all, I’m ending the ‘Emotion’ week with one more jester. This clown stands out from the other characters by appearing in the dictionary three times to cover three separate words. I first dressed him in more serious threads and facial expressions to illustrate the hand signs Stupid and Dumb, two words used for slurs and insults. To break the character free from all that negativity, I later used him for the ASL hand sign for SILLY, a description for the absurd, dazed, funny, goofy, ridiculous, and playful. That’s also why I allowed him to smile and open his jacket to reveal the hidden clown attire he was wearing all along.
The Y hand sign wiggles in front of the face as the thumb brushes across the nose.
For fingerspelling Silly, I slid the L across for the double letter.
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