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ASL Holiday Words
ASLwrite.com Blog Want to add a special flourish to your holiday greetings? Write it in ASL!
Thu, Dec 22 2011

ASL Word of the Week: Ahh/Oh I See
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Wed, Nov 09 2011

ASL Word of the Week: Cool/Neat
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Thu, Oct 27 2011

ASL Word of the Week: Embrace/Love
ASLwrite.com Blog Deaf artist Nancy Rourke created this painting, “Embrace Deafhood.” Here you can see also the written ASL for “embrace” or “love.” Adding the forearms help identify the sign more clearly than just switching the left and right handshapes. “Embrace Deafhood” has many special images, such as the red heart-shaped handkerchie...
Thu, Aug 25 2011

ASL Digibet: Mixed Digit Category
ASLwrite.com Blog The Mixed Digit category features handshapes with a mixture of outward and inward fingers. This concludes our look at the digibet. Can you memorize them all? ***** Check out the ASL Writing Dictionary for more information about written ASL!
Thu, Aug 18 2011

ASL Digibet: Closed Digit Category
ASLwrite.com Blog The Closed Digit category features handshapes with the fingers mostly curled inwards. Some of the handshapes actually resemble the English letters that they may signify. For example, the letter “O.” What other resemblances do you see? ***** Check out the ASL Writing Dictionary for more information about written ASL!
Thu, Aug 11 2011

ASL Digibet: Open Digit Category
ASLwrite.com Blog The Open Digit category of the ASL Digibet features handshapes with the fingers mostly extended outwards. What signs can you think of that use those handshapes? ***** Check out the ASL Writing Dictionary for more information about written ASL!
Thu, Aug 04 2011

The American Sign Language (si5s) Digibet
ASLwrite.com Blog The American Sign Language Digibet is the building blocks of written ASL. As you may notice, there is a right-hand and left-hand digibet. They are mirror images of each other. If you are right-handed, you may use the right-hand digibet more, and vice-versa. Clear handedness is important when writing, especially when showing signs using both [...]
Thu, Jul 28 2011

ASL Word of the Week: Hello
ASLwrite.com Blog The word “hello” might be the first word you see in written ASL (si5s). Why? Because when people send letters, it opens with “Hello.” Go ahead and practice, and feel free to use our English Alphabet page to write down your friends' names! ***** Check out the ASL Writing Dictionary for more information about written [...]
Thu, Jul 21 2011

ASL Word of the Week: Why
ASLwrite.com Blog Maybe you're curious why the word “why” is written in a different way. The signs that ask questions in ASL have a tendency to vary. Sometimes they even switch meanings! For example in Iowa, the standard sign for “where” is the same sign for “what,” and vice versa. This can lead to misunderstandings. It's better [...]
Thu, Jul 14 2011

ASL Word of the Week: To Ask/Inquire
ASLwrite.com Blog “To ask” is a directional sign. You can write it in different directions, depending on the situation. Feel free to ask us with any questions!
Thu, Jul 07 2011

ASL Word of the Week: To Suck Up/Put Up With
ASLwrite.com Blog Now there is no need for us to keep holding things inside anymore, because we can write in American Sign Language! Don't believe us? Check out this CNN article. It says that writing has a role similar to therapy. Our community has been through many tough experiences. It's important for us to have the ability [...]
Thu, Jun 30 2011

ASL Word of the Week: Thrilled/Delighted
ASLwrite.com Blog The interesting thing about writing the word “thrilled” is that it can be written in several ways. For example, “overjoyed” and “what's up?” Those words have the same basic structure as “thrilled” but with a little change they became completely different words. ***** Check out the ASL Writing Dictionary for more in...
Thu, Jun 23 2011

ASL Word of the Week: Wake Up/Surprise!
ASLwrite.com Blog This week we wanted to show you how adding expression changes the meaning of written words. The two signs for “wake up” and “surprise” use emphasis and facial expression to show the difference between the two. We caught that and documented it here. When you write in si5s, focus on the key aspects of each [...]
Fri, Jun 17 2011

ASL Word of the Week: Finally/Pah!
ASLwrite.com Blog The word for this week is a famous word. People tend to call it “pah.” This is actually the English gloss for the sign. Now we have a way to write it in ASL! Maybe Clayton Valli would be proud. (From the cover of ASL PAH! Deaf Students' Perspectives on Their Language, available here.)
Thu, Jun 09 2011

ASL Word of the Week: To Incept/To Pay
ASLwrite.com Blog This week's words are “to incept” and “to pay out of pocket.” The signs for those words look similar but their meanings are very different. In our video, we show how to write the words so that they are distinguishable. ***** Check out the ASL Writing Dictionary for more information about written ASL!
Thu, Jun 02 2011

ASL Word of the Week – To Spot/Espy
ASLwrite.com Blog We would like to introduce our new feature, “Word of the Week.” The goal of this new feature is to help connect ASL signs with the written versions. Our word of this week, “to spot something,” is a morphing sign. It's very important to show when handshapes change yet are in the same word space. [...]
Wed, Jun 01 2011

New blog!
ASLwrite.com Blog The ASLwrite.com blog is for sharing different items of interest re: written ASL (si5s) across the internet. Posts will be in both written ASL and English.
Fri, May 20 2011

Comic Strips in Written ASL [si5s]!
ASLwrite.com Blog Adrean Clark has several comic strips in si5s. Check them out here.
Fri, May 20 2011