Month: August 2026

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BOOK TO REMEMBER

For the Start of the School’s September Semester, an updated advertisement for My ASL Dictionary. A portable American Sign Language Dictionary for phone, mobile, tablet or computer with over 1000 ASL cartoon illustrations.

A cartoon of an ASL student, surrounded by books, uses the hand sign for FORGET and then looks up the hand sign for REMEMBER on her phone’s copy of My ASL Dictionary. The ad also lists its contents and the Dictionary’s Distributors: Amazon, Indigo, Rakuten, Booktopia, and the Guelph Library. The QR Code leads to My ASL Dictionary’s Website.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #forget #remember #myasldictionary

For the Hearing Audience, I placed the ad on YouTube with the Background Music Amazing Plan by Silent Film Dark.
My ASL Dictionary Ad

Below is the original
Banner Ad from 2021

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WATER CLOSET

By the late 1890s, Indoor Bathrooms became a standard fixture in Residential Homes, a historical step up from amenities like outhouses and chamber pots.

My ASL Dictionary cartoon of a Gent with a newspaper showing the ASL hand sign for BATHROOM and TOILET.

Shake the T hand side to side, like jiggling a toilet handle.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #bathroom #toilet #myasldictionary

Previously Posted in THE JOHN, October 22, 2022

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TAKING THE ELEVATOR

With each new Time Period, Buildings became taller and taller (a show of Power or economic savings on land space). Architects had to design a secondary system to carry people and equipment to each floor; steps were not enough. What began with ancient hoist systems with rope and pulley evolved into the modern high-speed lifts of today’s skyscrapers.

Another update to My ASL Dictionary: a cartoon of a Uniformed Female Elevator Operator shows the ASL hand sign for ELEVATOR.

Move the index finger of the E hand up and down the opposite open hand, an initialized hand sign showing the movement of an elevator carriage.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #elevator #myasldictIonary

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ON THE CEILING

While best known for his painting of The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci’s other Milan masterpiece is The Sala delle Asse inside the Castello Sforzesco, a monumental forest mural painted on the ceiling and the walls.

An update to My ASL Dictionary, a cartoon of the Renaissance Artist Leonardo da Vinci, looks up to where he will paint a masterpiece and shows the ASL hand sign for CEILING.

The Bent hands above the head are drawn apart, a visual reference to the overhead surface.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #ceiling #myasldictionary

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COOK IN A KITCHEN

The Room for cooking culinary creations, a kitchen, often contains a fridge, a sink, a counter, cupboards, an oven, a clock, and a freezer. As there are many forms of cooking, there are several hand signs for Kitchen.

My ASL Dictionary cartoon of a Ginger-haired Chef illustrates the ASL hand sign for KITCHEN.

The K hand, palm down, slaps the opposite palm, then flips over to the side and slaps again, like turning a piece of food on the skillet.
OR
The K hand, palm up, slaps the opposite palm, then flips over, palm down, slapping the opposite palm again, like flipping a pancake.
An Initialized form of the COOK hand sign.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #kitchen #cook #myasldictionary

In the Dictionary, the side hands show the K hand landing flat on the opposite palm. In the animation, the side hands show the second variant for KITCHEN. Commonly used in Canada.

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ROOM WITH A VIEW

More than an empty Box, each Building is separated into linked rooms enclosed by a floor, ceiling, and walls.
My ASL Dictionary updated cartoon of a Left-handed Housekeeper shows the ASL hand sign for ROOM.
This Sign is used with Compound Words like Bathroom, Bedroom, Living Room, Etc.

Flat hands, palms facing each other, show the side walls, then the wrists bend to show the front and back walls of a room.
OR
With a slight downward thrust, the B hands are held parallel, palms facing each other. The hands then swing inward, one hand in front of the other, palms in. A visual for the four walls of a room.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #room #myasldictionary

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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Whether the ramp of Jacob’s ladder to a higher realm or the Wooden treads on a stringer to step up or down the stairs, a Staircase connects different floors.

Inspired by the dramatic Staircase Scene in the Jim Henson film Labyrinth, my ASL Dictionary updated cartoon of David Bowie as The Goblin King illustrates two ASL hand signs for STAIRS.

The V hand moves up or down at an angle as the fingertips crawl like feet climbing a staircase.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #stairs #myasldictionary

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GROUND FLOOR

Every Building, from residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and assembly, has Floors; the Walking space or the Building’s Storey.

My ASL Dictionary cartoon Construction Worker illustrates the ASl hand signs for FLOOR and CARPET.

Both B hands, side by side with palms down, are drawn apart, tracing the flatness of the floor’s surface.

For Additional Storeys, sign the Ordinal Number (Ex. 2) with a small inward wrist twist and then sign FLOOR with raised flat hands, palms down, touch and then move apart.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #floor #carpet #myasldictionary

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GARAGE SALE

Just as People need Houses, Vehicles also need a Roof over their heads for parking, storage or repairs. More than half of residential homes have an attached Garage.

My ASL Dictionary cartoon of a Racer showing the ASL hand sign for GARAGE.

Horizontal 3 hand moves under opposite Flat hand Twice, like a car parking in a garage.

PARKING CAR IN GARAGE
The 3 hand moves under the flat hand Once.

Similar to the hand sign for PARK, the 3 hand is a Classifier for Vehicle.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #garage #myasldictionary

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MIND THE FENCE

Not every front yard is open; many houses use barriers made of posts, wire or wooden boards for privacy, safety and curb appeal. Yet even these boundaries aren’t tall enough to stop quality time between two good neighbours.

My ASL Dictionary cartoon of Sitcom Television’s kindly neighbour Wilson W. Wilson revealing his face to show the ASL hand sign for FENCE.

The 4 hands, palms in, are held in front of the body, then drawn apart, a visual for the long poles of old wood fences.

#ASL #americansignlanguage #fence #myasldictionary