"appointment" American Sign Language (ASL)

APPOINTMENT: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "appointment / reservation"

A very common sign for "appointment," "reserve," or "I have a reservation" is done by holding your dominant hand in a loose, slightly curved 5-handshape (or even a "claw" handshape") above your palm-down non-dominant hand in an "S"-handshape. Use a slight rotational movement of the upper hand and change it from a claw hand into an "S" hand (or a modified "A" hand in which the thumb is slightly wrapped) on top of the back of the non-dominant "S" hand.

APPOINTMENT or RESERVATION (recommended version as of this edit)

I recommend you just stick with version 1 above but suppose you need to sign both concepts "reserve" and "appointment in the same sentence? If so, you could use this initialized version of "appointment" to differentiate the sign from the "reservation" version of appointment.

This sign circles (horizontally, counterclockwise) the right "A" hand above the stationary left "A" hand then brings it down on top of the left "A" hand. (If you are left handed, switch the roles.)

Circle the dominant "A" hand over the base "A" hand. Then bring the dominant hand down onto the base hand. Think of circling a date and locking it in. Note: Some people use this sign to mean "assignment."

APPOINTMENT (Version 2) (Not recommended any more. Use the "reservation" version above).

Sample sentence: "Do you have a doctor's appointment?" = DOCTOR APPOINTMENT, YOU HAVE?

Notes:
Here are some related signs:
DATE

SCHEDULE

Also the concept of "doctor" has several versions. See DOCTOR

Notes:

		A comment was made in response to "Dad Joke" #16 ("Why was the math book 
		sad?”) regarding the sign “reserve” – which is demonstrated in the video 
		as a way to sign the concept of “book” -- as in to “book 
		an appointment.”  
		See: 
		https://youtu.be/RsCPg_Rjsto?t=56 



 Comment 
		from a YouTube Viewer:
		

'Appointment' must have the circle over the wrist to show it is related to time. Otherwise it's just a habit.

		Response from Bill: 
		David, That is an interesting memory aid but I would suggest to you that 
		signs evolve and the “appointment / reserve” sign is more commonly done 
		on the back of the hand. (Some people even do the sign "APPOINTMENT" on 
		the thumb-side of the non-dominant fist -- in casual signing).

		I encourage anyone reading this comment to pay attention to skilled 
		signers (particularly native Deaf signers) and you will tend to see 
		"appointment" and similar reserve / reservation - type signs done by the 
		majority of signers on or near the back of the non-dominant hand (not 
		the wrist).

		See: 

		https://www.handspeak.com/word/r/res/reserve.mp4

		(Credit: Handspeak)

		See: 

		https://media.spreadthesign.com/video/mp4/13/87716.mp4

		https://media.spreadthesign.com/video/mp4/13/87715.mp4

		https://media.spreadthesign.com/video/mp4/13/186260.mp4

		Credit: Spreadthesign

		See 35:22 of this video: 

		https://youtu.be/XbMB5Hj14Pg?t=2121 
		See the 1:13 mark of this video: 

		https://youtu.be/e24WxWjF4v0?t=672

		See the 1:04 mark of this video: 

		https://youtu.be/ASlYeqEvfRA?t=63

		See the 1:14 mark of: 


		https://youtu.be/QPu3XWV5haE?t=73 
		Readers of this thread are encouraged to share your thoughts regarding 
		the APPOINTMENT sign and/or related signs.

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