American Sign Language: "veteran" VETERAN: See: ARMY NOTES: In a message dated 11/8/2010 10:08:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Molly writes: Hi Bill, I saw you a while back at the Cal-Ed conf. I do believe. I am now teaching ASL in Riverside area. I was curious on if there is another sign for "Veteran" beside "Past Army". The term veteran includes all military which is Marine, Navy…and so on. Thanks so much. Keep in touch!! Molly -------------------------------- Molly, Hello :) I tend to spell "V-E-T." :) But your question brings up an important point. The sign commonly labeled as ARMY in books and on websites can also be interpreted as "military" or "soldier." Thus you wouldn't really be signing "PAST ARMY" you would be signing "PAST MILITARY" (even though we all tend to think of it as the "ARMY" sign) -- the signs are the same, the challenge is the labeling system. At the beginning of your lesson you could introduce the concept of a veteran as being someone who was previously in the military, then for the rest of the conversation it would be more efficient to simply spell "V-E-T." If your conversation is going to focus exclusively on veterans, after setting up your context (and clarifying that you are discussing "veterans") you could go ahead and just sign "ARMY" and your audience, students, or conversation partner would (should) understand that you are using the sign to mean "veterans." -Dr. Bill See: VET See: ANIMAL 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: "veteran"

VETERAN:

See: ARMY

NOTES:
In a message dated 11/8/2010 10:08:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Molly writes:

Hi Bill,
I saw you a while back at the Cal-Ed conf. I do believe. I am now teaching ASL in Riverside area. I was curious on if there is another sign for "Veteran" beside "Past Army". The term veteran includes all military which is Marine, Navy…and so on.
Thanks so much.
Keep in touch!!
Molly

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Molly,
Hello :)
I tend to spell "V-E-T." :)
But your question brings up an important point. The sign commonly labeled as ARMY in books and on websites can also be interpreted as "military" or "soldier."
Thus you wouldn't really be signing "PAST ARMY" you would be signing "PAST MILITARY" (even though we all tend to think of it as the "ARMY" sign) -- the signs are the same, the challenge is the labeling system. At the beginning of your lesson you could introduce the concept of a veteran as being someone who was previously in the military, then for the rest of the conversation it would be more efficient to simply spell "V-E-T."
If your conversation is going to focus exclusively on veterans, after setting up your context (and clarifying that you are discussing "veterans") you could go ahead and just sign "ARMY" and your audience, students, or conversation partner would (should) understand that you are using the sign to mean "veterans."
-Dr. Bill

See: VET
See: ANIMAL

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 >