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This is how you would sign the name of a state that does not have a formal sign
Fingerspell the first 3-4 letters depending on the state (FLA for Florida or WISC for Wisconsin)
This is how you would sign the flu
fingerspell FLU starting in front of your chest and moving out
This is the sign for rain
Open hands going down in front of the body multiple times with fingers spread
This is the sign you would use to indicate a Club
Fingerspell CLUB starting at shoulder level and moving away
This is how you would sign broke in terms of money
with a flat hand palm down move towards your neck
The 2 forms of captioning that can be used for visual media
Open and Closed Captioning
This is how you would sign emergency
Have your hand in an "E" shape pointed out near your shoulder and shake the hand
One or both signs for weather
1. Both hands in a "W" shape moving down in front of the body moving towards and away from each other
2. Both hands in a "W" shape touching thumbs and pinkies and spinning in opposite directions multiple times
This is how you would sign baseball
Hold both hands together and swing them like you were holding a bat
This is how you would sign 3 dollars
start with the "3" handshape pointed out and twist the hand towards yourself, make sure your elbow is near your body
This University was the location of the Deaf President Now! Movement
Gallaudet University
This is how you would sign medicine
have your non-dominant hand in front of you palm up and your dominant hand above it with only the middle finger touching it in the center of the palm and shake that hand
The sign meaning to-shovel
hands closed making a motion indicating they are picking up snow with a shovel and throwing it behind their shoulder
This is how you would sign cycling
hold both your hands in front of your chest and rotate them like they are bike pedals
This is how you would sign poor
hold your nondominant hand up to the opposite shoulder and using your dominant hand pull your hand down from the non-dominant elbow
This may be a method you would use to get a Deaf coworkers attention if they do not notice you and you need to communicate
Lightly tap them on the shoulder
This is how you would sign to take a temperature
start with both hands in "1" hand shapes, have the non-dominant hand palm out in front of the chest and using the dominant hand have both pointer fingers touch with the dominant one moving down in a zig-zag motion making sure the hand is between the non-dominant hand and the body. Then motion the dominant hands pointer finger going into the mouth
This is the sign to indicate the temperature in terms of climate
dominant hand in a "1" sign and the non-dominant hand in front of the body in a flat shape, the dominant hand touches the palm of the non dominant hand and moves up in a zig zag motion
This is how you would sign Team
start with your hands each in a "T" sign palm out in front of your chest touching thumbs and move them in a circle until the pinkies are touching
This is how you would sign 5 cents
start with a "5" hand shape touching the forehead and move away from the head
This sports competition for the Deaf is held every 4 years and is the oldest running international competition for the Deaf
The World Games of the Deaf (WGD) or the "Deaflympics"
This is how you would sign headache
Have both hands in "1" hand shapes and have the pointer fingers touching the head above each eyebrow moving in twice
This is the sign to show lightning
make the hand sign for "1" and move it from the top of the head downwards in a lightning bolt shape
This is the sign for Tournament
Have both hands start with a bent bunny ears hand shape, have one start below the shoulder and one above and move up or down in a zig zag
This is how you would sign discount
Have your non-dominant hand palm down in front of you and your dominant hand on top with your thumb touching the non-dominant hand and fingers flat away from the thumb, move the fingers towards the thumb