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Every moment can bring something new. A new year, a new day, a new lesson, a new experience, a new feeling, a new friend. As the New Year Approaches, My ASL Dictionary’s Cartoon of a woman in a freshly bought suit with a price tag shows the ASL hand sign for NEW.
Palm up, the back of the curved hand skims along the palm of the opposite hand, like presenting the opposite hand with something new.
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For those in the Northern Hemisphere, the warmth of a White Christmas can be quickly chilled by jets of Arctic air, triggering the flurries and snow squalls of the Winter Season. To match another Weather Warning of Snow Squalls developing behind a sharp cold front, an illustration of how the season links to the temperature.
My ASL Dictionary’s updated cartoon of a Frozen Gentlemen breaking free of his icy action lines to show the ASL hand sign for COLD and WINTER.
With hunched shoulders, the S hands (or A hands) facing each other shake, to mimic shivering in the cold.
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First posted
Winter Frostbite January 17, 2024
The Largest Country in the United Kingdom, England, is known for its rich history, culture, and capital, London, with its native language, English, spoken in 186 countries globally.
My ASL Dictionary’s cartoon of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with his signature John Bull Hat, Pinstripe suit, Cuban cigar, and cane, illustrates the ASL hand sign for ENGLAND.
England
The dominant Curved hand taps down over the non-dominant hand once, twice, with a wiggle, a reference to Prime Minister Churchill’s poses with his cane.
England uses British Sign Language, in BSL the Hand sign for England is the Dominant index finger moves back and forth on the opposite index finger twice.
English
The Dominant curved hand is placed over the non-dominant hand once.
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In Old ASL, the right hand taps across the back of the left hand and then draws both hands inward, like pulling in a cane.
Located in Western Europe, this global centre of art, science, and philosophy is also a vital piece of American Sign Language history.
In the 19th century, Thomas Gallaudet travelled to England, where he found methods of deaf education in France. Studying in Paris under Abbe Sicard and Laurent Clerc, Gallaudet returned with Clerc to the States in 1817 to open the first American School for the Deaf. In that school, French Sign Language merged with local signs to create American Sign Language. Even now, ASL shares 60% of its signs and roots with Old French sign language
My ASL Dictionary’s cartoon of Joan of Arc illustrates the hand signs for FRANCE and FRENCH (now including the French LSF hand sign for FRANCE).
FRANCE
The F hand palm out twists to the side with its palm in. The twisting motion mimics the old French tradition of pulling out a handkerchief to signal interest.
In France’s Langue des signes française, LSF, the F hand is dragged in front of the chest.
FRENCH relating to its country, its people or language
The F hand palm in twists out to the side with its palm out, the opposite movement of FRANCE.
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For this year’s Boxing Day, My ASL Dictionary’s cartoon of a Shipping worker in a green apron shows the ASL hand sign for BOX.
The Flat hands palms facing each other, bend at the wrists to swing one hand over the other for the four sides of a box.
Merry Christmas!
A newborn’s first bed can be a crib, bassinet, cradle, cupboard or drawer. For the first Christmas story, there was a more humble dwelling.
Luke 2:11-12 “For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.”
My ASL Dictionary’s 2013 cartoon of the Virgin Mary with her baby son Jesus showing the ASL hand sign for MANGER.
The two V hands come together in front of the chest twice, the fingers mimicking the straws sticking out of a manger.
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After a quick shopping trip and a lovely walk in the snow, I posed by the Nutcracker Christmas Decorations in front of the Village of Riverside Glen to give my Christmas Greeting in American Sign Language.
“Hey! Merry Christmas!”
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Every December Holiday includes festive pastries in their feasts. My 2021 ASL cartoon of one of my favourite desserts, the Cookie. Leaving one on the plate for Santa is a Christmas tradition teaching gratitude and kindness.
A young chef wearing white gloves, a blue hairnet, and a Cookie Monster apron I’d like to own illustrates the ASL hand sign for COOKIE and BISCUIT.
The Loose C hand presses down on the opposite palm to lift, rotate, and press down again, like the imprint of a cookie cutter.
#ASL #americansignlanguage #signlanguage #cookie #cartoon #christmas #myasldictionary
First posted July 12, 2024
In Dutch and Belgian folklore, Black Peter (Zwarte Piet) is a companion of Saint Nicholas (Sinterklass) who delivers presents and sweets to well-behaved children. When I created an ASL Christmas T-shirt, I placed him beside Saint Nicholas to show the ASL hand sign for GIFT (even though in the dictionary he shows the ASL hand sign for HOLLAND).
Dressed in colourful Renaissance attire, Zwarte Piet illustrates the ASL hand sign for GIFT. To give someone in a formal way or ceremony.
Palms facing each other, both X hands move forward in front of the chest in a simultaneous arc, like presenting a gift to another.
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Special thanks to my Dutch roommate Ann Kunst, who introduced me to this Christmas tradition.