SCORE: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "score"
Score:
Version: fs-SCORE
Many skilled signers fingerspell the concept of "score."
Version: context and contrastive depiction:
Often skilled signers will hold up both hands and show a number on each hand to
represent the score of two opposing competitors or teams.
Version: COUNT / accounting / keep track of numbers
The sign for COUNT is sometimes used to mean score as in "Team A beat Team B
with a score of 10 to 8."
Version: NUMBER
Occasionally you may see the sign NUMBER used to mean score.
Version: POINTS
The sports and gaming version of the sign POINTS (which is different from the
general sign for point as in "what's your point?") is sometimes used to mean
"score" as in "He apologized for running up the score against other teams."
Version: GET / obtain
If you mean "score" as in "get," for example, "I was the first to score 9
points" then sign GET.
Version: CANCEL
If you mean "score" as in "The teacher will score the tests over the weekend"
then use the sign for CANCEL/correct/grade/critique. If appropriate add the sign
RECORD/make-a-note-of/document to indicate that the corrected test is being
recorded.
If you mean "score" as in "accomplish" or achieve, use the sign "ACHIEVE /
accomplish"
If you mean score as in "four score and seven years ago" then sign 87 YEAR PAST.
("Score" used to be a common way to refer to a group of 20.) Or if you want to
retain the flavor of the message just spell score and let the viewer figure it
out or not (the same as many English speakers don't know what "four score and 7
years ago" means exactly).
Notes:
See: POINT
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