American Sign Language: "dairy" Someone asked me the other day how to sign "dairy." There really isn't one specific sign for "dairy" that is widely recognized as meaning "dairy." The closest sign would be "MILK" or "MILK THINGS." If your conversation partner already understands the concept of "dairy" then you generally just fingerspell it (if you need to convey the specific term "dairy"). If for whatever reason you need to be more expansive in your reference to "dairy" (for example, suppose you are interpreting in a doctor's office and your client doesn't know what "dairy" means), you can spell D-A-I-R-Y and then follow that up by quickly signing "milk, cheese, yogurt, etc." DAIRY = (MILK, CHEESE, YOGURT, ETC.) MILK: CHEESE: YOGURT (YOGRT) ETC.: You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore." Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >

American Sign Language: "dairy"

Someone asked me the other day how to sign "dairy."

There really isn't one specific sign for "dairy" that is widely recognized as meaning "dairy." The closest sign would be "MILK" or "MILK THINGS." If your conversation partner already understands the concept of "dairy" then you generally just fingerspell it (if you need to convey the specific term "dairy"). If for whatever reason you need to be more expansive in your reference to "dairy" (for example, suppose you are interpreting in a doctor's office and your client doesn't know what "dairy" means), you can spell D-A-I-R-Y and then follow that up by quickly signing "milk, cheese, yogurt, etc."

DAIRY = (MILK, CHEESE, YOGURT, ETC.)

MILK:

CHEESE:

YOGURT (YOGRT)

ETC.:

You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™
ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore."

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >