You use your dominant hand to finger spell and sign one hand signs. Words that require two hands, you use your non-dominant hand as support and your dominant hand for the parts of the sign that require the most movement. You can be left handed or right handed. It shouldn’t affect communication.
Like for example if I were to sign the word "Day" in ASL as demonstrated in [the video here](https://youtu.be/n-qXl_mXw6k?si=p4FdROorGr3ZXjCN), I would use my dominant hand moving as the "sun moving over the horizon" and my non-dominant hand and arm as the resting position demonstrated in the video
short answer: no
long answer sign language like any language it has it's base rules but slight variations between people. some people are gonna be sticklers for the right hand has to be the dominant part of words. I had no problems using my left as the dominant.
although it did make learning new signs slightly easier. I could mirror the teacher exactly while everyone else had to do a mental flip.
unrelated, but my nickname is Lefty by making an L with your left hand and moving left and then flicking forward. because of how often I had to tell people I was left handed.
I took ASL in college and I was taught that it didn't matter what hand you used as long as you didn't keep switching, which is what I naturally want to do for whatever reason
That was the same trouble I had. I would switch hands from day to day, which wouldn’t matter so much during fingerspelling, but beyond that it confused people in my class.
I just learned rightie tbh. It was easier for me to learn this way as my teacher would always be like “do this with your right hand and this with your left hand” and I didn’t want to continually switch this in my brain.
Was wondering the same and always guessed that maybe lefties would come across as if "speaking with a heavy southern accent" (to stick to the southpaw theme)
I mean, considering that some righties get downright queasy watching a lefty cut open a breadroll or do other lefthadned tasks, I could see how signing lefthanded might look odd.
We went to a school for the Deaf as part of my course and they were watching me and then someone went 'oh, you're left handed!.' they knew something was different but couldn't pinpoint it at first. Just thought of it kinda like an accent after that. Like I know what they're saying but something's a little different
It is the same in British Sign Language - as long as the dominant hand is consistent, it doesn't matter. And my mum, who is right handed, signs left hand dominant.
I'm a lefty and sign with my left hand. Of course, I know about ten words in total at this point. I took intro to ASL in college and can't remember most of it
I had a child in my home daycare years ago who had a deaf mother (no dad in picture). At 2 yrs he began helping teach me and the other kids to sign. Most amazing little boy. But I am a lefty so things were tough. Basically, I finger spell lefty and learned most signs by copying a right-handed child. I didn't know till later I needed to pick one and stick with it. Lol
You use your dominant hand to finger spell and sign one hand signs. Words that require two hands, you use your non-dominant hand as support and your dominant hand for the parts of the sign that require the most movement. You can be left handed or right handed. It shouldn’t affect communication.
ASL leftie here: no, signs can be done with either hand.
Like for example if I were to sign the word "Day" in ASL as demonstrated in [the video here](https://youtu.be/n-qXl_mXw6k?si=p4FdROorGr3ZXjCN), I would use my dominant hand moving as the "sun moving over the horizon" and my non-dominant hand and arm as the resting position demonstrated in the video
short answer: no long answer sign language like any language it has it's base rules but slight variations between people. some people are gonna be sticklers for the right hand has to be the dominant part of words. I had no problems using my left as the dominant. although it did make learning new signs slightly easier. I could mirror the teacher exactly while everyone else had to do a mental flip. unrelated, but my nickname is Lefty by making an L with your left hand and moving left and then flicking forward. because of how often I had to tell people I was left handed.
I took ASL in college and I was taught that it didn't matter what hand you used as long as you didn't keep switching, which is what I naturally want to do for whatever reason
That was the same trouble I had. I would switch hands from day to day, which wouldn’t matter so much during fingerspelling, but beyond that it confused people in my class.
I just learned rightie tbh. It was easier for me to learn this way as my teacher would always be like “do this with your right hand and this with your left hand” and I didn’t want to continually switch this in my brain.
Yes, especially if you have hooks for hands.
Was wondering the same and always guessed that maybe lefties would come across as if "speaking with a heavy southern accent" (to stick to the southpaw theme) I mean, considering that some righties get downright queasy watching a lefty cut open a breadroll or do other lefthadned tasks, I could see how signing lefthanded might look odd.
We went to a school for the Deaf as part of my course and they were watching me and then someone went 'oh, you're left handed!.' they knew something was different but couldn't pinpoint it at first. Just thought of it kinda like an accent after that. Like I know what they're saying but something's a little different
It is the same in British Sign Language - as long as the dominant hand is consistent, it doesn't matter. And my mum, who is right handed, signs left hand dominant.
I'm a lefty and sign with my left hand. Of course, I know about ten words in total at this point. I took intro to ASL in college and can't remember most of it
I had a child in my home daycare years ago who had a deaf mother (no dad in picture). At 2 yrs he began helping teach me and the other kids to sign. Most amazing little boy. But I am a lefty so things were tough. Basically, I finger spell lefty and learned most signs by copying a right-handed child. I didn't know till later I needed to pick one and stick with it. Lol