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<blockquote data-quote="tegumi" data-source="post: 314388" data-attributes="member: 4224">Sign variationsI am taking ASL in college now, but I also work with a Deaf man, so I practice signing with him on almost a daily basis. I had a few questions regarding variations in signs, and why there are different signs for the same thing, or maybe its regional? Oh well, I will get to the point.Signing &quot;Australia&quot;The way my coworker showed me this is where you made the sign that looks like an Australian hat, but my teacher showed me today at school a different sign that was like two kangaroos jumping forward, that is made with the two open hands, palm facing down, and the middle fingers pointing down as you move each hand simultaneously forward, making a circle. Signing &quot;China&quot;The way my coworker showed me this one is where you touch the left shoulder with the right index finger, and then touch your right shoulder, and drag the index finger down towards your hip. But again, my teacher today showed us a way in which you do it in the same direction, but it is with the &quot;no&quot; handshape, rather than an index finger, and she touched her left shoulder, right shoulder, and then down towards her hip. Sorry I am not the best with describing how the signs are made, but I was just curious as to if these are olders signs, or regional variations, or something along those lines.Tegumi</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tegumi, post: 314388, member: 4224"] [b]Sign variations[/b] I am taking ASL in college now, but I also work with a Deaf man, so I practice signing with him on almost a daily basis. I had a few questions regarding variations in signs, and why there are different signs for the same thing, or maybe its regional? Oh well, I will get to the point. Signing "Australia" The way my coworker showed me this is where you made the sign that looks like an Australian hat, but my teacher showed me today at school a different sign that was like two kangaroos jumping forward, that is made with the two open hands, palm facing down, and the middle fingers pointing down as you move each hand simultaneously forward, making a circle. Signing "China" The way my coworker showed me this one is where you touch the left shoulder with the right index finger, and then touch your right shoulder, and drag the index finger down towards your hip. But again, my teacher today showed us a way in which you do it in the same direction, but it is with the "no" handshape, rather than an index finger, and she touched her left shoulder, right shoulder, and then down towards her hip. Sorry I am not the best with describing how the signs are made, but I was just curious as to if these are olders signs, or regional variations, or something along those lines. Tegumi [/QUOTE]

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