American Sign Language: "stubborn" Notice the "stubborn" facial expression. STUBBORN: Note: Remember, "labels" for ASL signs are not the same as English words. They are not direct equivalents. I once saw a friend sign "T-O-Y-O-T-A ENGINE STUBBORN" and what he meant by it was that "Toyota engines don't quit, they are very reliable." Note: The sign for "stubborn" is based on the sign for "donkey." If you do the sign "stubborn" using a double movement and a neutral or friendly facial expression it means "donkey." See: DONKEY Discussion: In a message dated 6/19/2003 8:10:32 PM Central Daylight Time, MattWilliamson@___.net writes: I was looking over the page for HORSE when you mention the sign for STUBBORN and I was wondering how you'd sign "Don't be stubborn." -- since you wouldn't sign BE. Would you just sign DON'T STUBBORN...? Thanx! Matt Williamson Dear Matt, Stubbornness "is" a state of being, thus you don't need to add a separate sign such as "BE" to indicating "being." I suppose if it were really important to get across some sort of "state of being" concept in your "Don't be stubborn" sentence you could sign DON'T ACT STUBORN (using the ACT/DRAMA/THEATER) sign - but that sentence would imply that the person is merely putting on an "act" and that he/she deep down isn't stubborn. You could just sign "STOP STUBBORN!" or you could sign, YOU STUBBORN! FINISH-(one handed version, as in "cut it out"). You could also use the specific sign for "don't" the one that look like a smaller version of how a baseball umpire signs "safe." Thus you could sign "YOU STUBBORN, DON'T!" -- which could be interpreted along the lines of "This stubbornness of yours -- I'll have none of it!" See: FINISH See: DON'T See: STOP -- Dr. Bill Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is available now for just 99 cents! GET IT HERE! NEW! Online "ASL Training Center!" (Premium Subscription Version of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT Also available: "ASLUniversity.com" (a mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT NOW Want to help support Lifeprint / ASLU? It's easy! You can learn sign language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "stubborn"

Notice the "stubborn" facial expression.

STUBBORN:

Note: Remember, "labels" for ASL signs are not the same as English words. They are not direct equivalents. I once saw a friend sign "T-O-Y-O-T-A ENGINE STUBBORN" and what he meant by it was that "Toyota engines don't quit, they are very reliable."

Note: The sign for "stubborn" is based on the sign for "donkey." If you do the sign "stubborn" using a double movement and a neutral or friendly facial expression it means "donkey."

See: DONKEY

Discussion:
In a message dated 6/19/2003 8:10:32 PM Central Daylight Time, MattWilliamson@___.net writes:
I was looking over the page for HORSE when you mention the sign for STUBBORN and I was wondering how you'd sign "Don't be stubborn." -- since you wouldn't sign BE. Would you just sign DON'T STUBBORN...?
Thanx!
Matt Williamson

Dear Matt,

Stubbornness "is" a state of being, thus you don't need to add a separate sign such as "BE" to indicating "being." I suppose if it were really important to get across some sort of "state of being" concept in your "Don't be stubborn" sentence you could sign DON'T ACT STUBORN (using the ACT/DRAMA/THEATER) sign - but that sentence would imply that the person is merely putting on an "act" and that he/she deep down isn't stubborn. You could just sign "STOP STUBBORN!" or you could sign, YOU STUBBORN! FINISH-(one handed version, as in "cut it out"). You could also use the specific sign for "don't" the one that look like a smaller version of how a baseball umpire signs "safe." Thus you could sign "YOU STUBBORN, DON'T!" -- which could be interpreted along the lines of "This stubbornness of yours -- I'll have none of it!"
See: FINISH
See: DON'T
See: STOP

-- Dr. Bill

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