Wikipedia: Profanity in American Sign Language
Oh man, yes.
I once treated a deaf patient who was at the Campus Safety office after having made comments about wanting to hurt himself. A sign language interpreter was there as I walked in and introduced myself. Shortly the patient got agitated and started to walk out, giving me the finger. The interpreter dutifully translated it as “fuck you”, and all I could think was: my sign is bad, but even I know that one…
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I once treated a deaf patient who was at the Campus Safety office after having made comments about wanting to hurt...
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The back of dominant open b-handshape flipped out under chin means “fuck you” or “so what?” Heh… I don’t think I’ll ever...
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