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What is water in BSL?

Description: Flat hand makes short downwards movement on throat twice.
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What is juice in BSL?

To sign juice, extend your pinkie while curling up your three middle fingers. Then lay your thumb down across the fingernails of the three middle fingers. Now take the hand and start the juice sign by pointing your pinkie at your chin with your palm forward.
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How do you say milk in BSL?

Description: Both hands closed, with thumbs and little fingers extended, make small, alternate, up and down movements close to each other in front of body.
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Do you need water in sign language?

Water in Sign Language

First make a W-shaped hand by extending the pointer, middle and ring finger and tucking the other two fingers into the palm. Bounce the W on your chin a couple of times. W is for water. Water is good to drink!
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How do you sign a drink in BSL?

The sign for drink looks just like you are holding and drinking from an imaginary cup. To sign cup, make your hand into a 'C' shape, as if holding a cup in your hand. Take your hand up to your mouth as if drinking from the cup.
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Learn 10 signs in BSL: Drinks (British Sign Language)

How do you say coffee in BSL?

Description: Fingerspelled 'C' hand held at shoulder height twists towards mouth twice.
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Can you cry in sign language?

Cry is signed by looking sad and tracing imaginary tears down your face using your index fingers. Start with your dominant index finger extended just below your eye, and move the index finger down your face. Alternate with the other index finger on the opposite cheek.
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What is sign language for going pee?

The general sign for "pee" is done by touching the letter "P" to your nose while puffing out your cheeks a bit. Note: it is the tip of the middle finger that touches the tip of the nose.
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Can I shower in sign language?

To show shower, place your dominant hand above your head and open and close it as if producing water sprinkles.
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What is sugar in BSL?

Description: Index and middle fingers extended on primary hand. Hand makes small movements side to side.
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How do you say swear words in BSL?

Description: Extended little finger of closed hand starts on corner of mouth and moves forwards sharply.
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Do you mouth words in BSL?

In BSL we use English mouth patterns to help clarify some signs. This means we mouth the English word without using the voice. For example, we always mouth place names and the names of people whether they are finger spelt or signed. In fact we mouth most nouns as we sign them but we don't usually sign verbs.
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What is banana in BSL?

British Sign Language (BSL). Banana. Mime peeling banana. Thumb and index finger draw shape of banana.
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What is grapes in BSL?

Description: Primary hand opens and closes while moving downwards away from extended index finger (or bunched fingers) of secondary hand.
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What is fruit in BSL?

Description: Open primary hand with bent fingers (full C hand) facing mouth twists upwards and forwards.
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What is the sign for pooping?

The sign for poop is very evocative. You make both hands into fists, holding your non-dominant hand above your dominant. Then with your thumb from your dominant hand, extend it inside the fist of your non-dominant hand. Finally, pull your dominant hand and thumb down and away from your non-dominant hand.
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What is the Sign Language for disrespectful?

The sign for "rude" is done by holding out the non-dominant flat hand, palm up. The dominant hand is in a "25"-handshape (which is a "5"-handshape with the middle finger extended at the knuckle). Slide the tip of the dominant hand middle finger forward over the length of the non-dominant palm.
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Can you swear in Sign Language?

American Sign Language (ASL), the sign language used by the deaf community throughout most of North America, has a rich vocabulary of terms, which include profanity. Within deaf culture, there is a distinction drawn between signs used to curse versus signs that are used to describe sexual acts.
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How do you say you are cute in BSL?

Cute is signed by taking your index and middle fingers and brushing them downward against your chin. You can remember the sign, because it is like brushing the cute chin of your baby.
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How do you say toast in BSL?

To sign toast, we hold up our non-dominant hand straight with fingers pointing up, and we tap it with our dominant hand on both sides using only the index and middle fingers. The sign looks like you are touching both sides of a slice of toast with a fork.
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How do you say lunch in BSL?

Description: Bunched fingers and thumb of primary hand tap mouth twice.
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