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Do you know American Sign Language? Here’s the ABCs of it…

Do you know the American Sign Language, the language that deaf communities use?

I don’t know anyone who is deaf yet thought it would be interesting to learn the alphabet and some basic words/phrases. Never know when there might be a chance I need to use it!

The alphabet seems pretty easy to memorize; it’s just a different method of learning your ABCs. Here’s the alphabet (no audio in this video):

Here’s a video of some basic signs/phrases in ASL (don’t know why this guy is shirtless in the beginning of the video; I used it because it was the shortest video I could find):

I’m sure it’s much more complicated when people using ASL get to “talking fast.”

Take a look at the videos if you’re interested in ASL. I think I’ll be practicing a little bit this weekend!

DCG