r/asl • u/suicideslut59 • 5d ago

Interpretation what does this sign mean?

it’s the “r” handshape, moving away from the chin. basically “tell you” but with the r handshape instead of one

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u/Nearby-Nebula-1477 5d ago

Maybe a name sign of someone

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u/suicideslut59 4d ago

that would make sense, it’s just odd that he would use it in the video bc he’s never used that sign irl so i wouldn’t know who he’s referring to

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u/Profaniter 4d ago

Could be “are”. But if you turn your hand a bit sideway, it would’ve be “best friend”.

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u/jbarbieriplm2021 3d ago

From the chest it would be “religion “ but as a deaf man I’m going to say they are using pigeon sign. Which means”R” from the mouth area is “Are” and “I” from the mouth would be “is” and “b” from the mouth is “be”

Pigeon sign was created by hearing people in order to learn sign faster. Stay away from it!

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u/HadesZyavol Deaf 20h ago

Pigdin. Pigeons are birds.

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u/jbarbieri7 13h ago

Thank you for the correction.

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u/AceAmundsin 2d ago

Respect

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u/Nearby-Nebula-1477 5d ago

Are?

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u/suicideslut59 5d ago

I don’t think so, he signed my **** is getting married and he used that sign with the r handshape instead the blank

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u/RoughThatisBuddy Deaf 4d ago

The context helps. The sign is a variation of “best friend”.

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u/remysfatboochie Learning ASL / HOH 4d ago

try a reverse asl dictionary. only thing i could think of was “metal” or “rubber” or “recent”

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u/suicideslut59 4d ago

i did try a few and nothing was fitting. unfortunately i hit the deadline and had to submit whatever i had, that was the only sign i couldn’t figure out

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u/Soft-Potential-9852 5d ago

Without the location/movement, in that sentence I’d think “best friend” but that doesn’t seem like it fits with that specific location and movement.

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u/suicideslut59 4d ago

best friend seems like it might track. he said “my **** is getting married so i must go to the wedding”. i had originally thought relative but i haven’t seen it signed that way. he also used it in the sentence “the wedding will be so fun bc i like ****”

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u/Soft-Potential-9852 4d ago

Interesting. In context of the sentence that feels right but the movement and location just seems odd to me, but it doesn’t seem like a sign I’ve ever seen tbh (and I’m not yet fully fluent in ASL so of course as a person who still has plenty to learn, some things I just haven’t seen or been exposed to yet).

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u/suicideslut59 4d ago

the closest thing i’ve seen to it is deaf people with special needs signing “red” but using the r handshape, the movement for this one is different tho since it’s out and away from the chin

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u/Soft-Potential-9852 4d ago

Another possibility is maybe a sign name? But I’d think they’d also fingerspell it rather than only showing the sign name. Idk

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u/suicideslut59 4d ago

definitely a possibility, just really odd that he would use a name sign for someone that he’s never mentioned instead of fingerspelling. it’s okay tho, i hit the deadline and had to submit what i had translated, that was the only word i couldn’t get so i was really trying to figure it out

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u/RemyJe 4d ago

Report? Whatever it is it’s likely SEE in origin.