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Originally Posted by jillio
Actually, the ASL sign is done with the index finger, rather than the "d". The "d" is the initialized English sign.
The siogn starts at the ear and goes to the mouth. If one does it the other way, it could easily be mistaken for the sign for "home".
I have also seen deaf signed by pointing to the ear, and then signing "closed", though I haven't seen it used often.
Hope this helps!
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Actually I (and everyone I know where I live in Canada) start at the mouth , and move to the ear the way it is shown on ASL Browser & ASL pro websites. I see people in parts of the USA doing it the other way ... starting at the ear, moving to the mouth *shrug* just another quirk of the language!