Lisa | 
06 23rd, 2008| 
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Have you injured yourself while signing?
May
21
My favorite sign is “cherish”. I think sign language is beautiful and first learned of this sign when my husband (boyfriend at the time) said “I-Cherish-You” Tell me what is your favorite sign? If you don’t know sign language, tell me your favorite word in English, French, German, whatever! Looking forward to your responses!
May
12
I have Skype and have joined a couple of chat boxes. In one of my business chats, we were discussing American Sign Language. One of the gals had asked if I’d seen this video. The Gratitude Campaign. I had not, I saw it as a youtube link. So while watching the video I was confused. What is this “thank you” sign? My curiosity led me to The Gratitude Campaign’s website, in which they explained the history of this sign.
I had already known that American Sign Language (ASL) had originated from French Sign Language. In ASL the sign for thank you is using one hand, putting the tips of your fingers on your mouth and moving your hand out forward in front of you. Like this. I can’t tell you how many times this gets botched by people just learning this sign. Don’t get me wrong I don’t demand new signers to be perfect but this one ends up being a sign out of the Sopranos, with the tips of the fingers scraping under the chin and out. Which isn’t very nice.
After seeing this video last week. Something stayed with me. I really wish the original sign had not been modified. This is a beautiful way to say “thank you from the bottom of my heart”. Yet another way to instill sign language into our community.
Here are additional ways to say thanks to our soldiers!
I am sure there are more, just leave them in the comments section.
