American Sign Language: "hay fever" Version 1: Spell it out: H-A-Y F-E-V-E-R Version 2: Sign ALLERGIC Version 3: Spell "H-A-Y" and sign "TEMPERATURE." (Note: Because this is a compound sign the sign "temperature" tends to be done with an abbreviated movement. ("Down, up" -- instead of down, up, down. But seriously folks this is going to vary. Don't get into arguments with anyone over this. Life is too short, and there's like a thousand versions of this dang sign anyway. Other than sign language students and anal-retentive ASL teachers -- who cares about being "right" about "one version" of "hay fever?") Also, I've noticed that a lot (um, ahem, most actually) of my friends do "temperature" with both hands in an "index" shape (not the flat shape you see above). Bah. My version is "okay" but yah, the evolutionary tendency of two-handed signs are for the handshapes to become more similar. Version 4: Sign GRASS then sign FEVER using the back of your dominant flat-hand to the forehead. 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: "hay fever"

Version 1: Spell it out: H-A-Y F-E-V-E-R

Version 2: Sign ALLERGIC

Version 3: Spell "H-A-Y" and sign "TEMPERATURE."

(Note: Because this is a compound sign the sign "temperature" tends to be done with an abbreviated movement. ("Down, up" -- instead of down, up, down. But seriously folks this is going to vary. Don't get into arguments with anyone over this. Life is too short, and there's like a thousand versions of this dang sign anyway. Other than sign language students and anal-retentive ASL teachers -- who cares about being "right" about "one version" of "hay fever?") Also, I've noticed that a lot (um, ahem, most actually) of my friends do "temperature" with both hands in an "index" shape (not the flat shape you see above). Bah. My version is "okay" but yah, the evolutionary tendency of two-handed signs are for the handshapes to become more similar.

Version 4: Sign GRASS then sign FEVER using the back of your dominant flat-hand to the forehead.

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 >