BSL Alphabet

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[@SunflowersRays]

I'm an American Sign Language interpreting major, and I trying to learn this. I think it's interesting how the ASL sign for "nice" is the same as the BSL sign for "H"

[@bordershader]

That's cool, my initial is H!

[@REAL_MPSS]

I remember some of that from school in England, late 70s. That was texting.

[@mazasvlogs]

This video is really helpful to learn the alphabet in bsl sign language

[@Ihlondon]

thank you Maza!

[@gabs_73]

I'll stick to ASL lol. Much less complicated. I have huge respect for those learning BSL

[@RealCheeseOnly]

So crazy how different asl and bsl are. ASL uses just one hand for all letters, but BSL uses two. Must be annoying to sign while holding something. 😅 I assume there are shortcuts for one hand in bsl.

[@megallardoc6643]

This looks more complicated than ASL, having to use both hands for each letter. But it's quite interesting to see.

[@angelsohana596]

Does it matter which hand you use for the action or are both understood?

[@rojo_guy3]

This is really useful! Thanks!

[@Baeomran]

I must learn it

[@Idi0t112]

Me too I’m learning

[@jo_ao]

Beautiful!

[@Ihlondon]

Thanks Joao!

[@scarlet.2024.2]

Does it matter which hand i sign the letters with? For example, Y - does it need to be my right hand spread out?

[@flowersforbeesplease2421]

I’ve learnt it I love it

[@Ihlondon]

well done!

[@flowersforbeesplease2421]

@@Ihlondon thank you

[@aqk5822]

Great ❤❤

[@nanakatha8486]

Thank you

[@Ihlondon]

You're welcome! Hope it is helpful :)

[@uy_sc1]

thank you, this helped me so muchh

[@Ihlondon]

you're welcome!

[@user-rp1pg6dt5z]

Cool

[@renegadeforlife5782]

Taking a second language and my college offered ASL, so I just started with ASL 101 and man if you seen this shit, what is this? H is nice, half their alphabet requires your non dominant hand, w doesn’t make sense (it doesn’t look like it could be a w). I’m preparing to transfer next year after I graduate to Northern Ireland and was going to try my hand (pun intended) at BSL, but not after seeing how different it is. I thought there would be a some minor differences, but not this. Guess I’ll settle for Gaelic.

[@Weirdisjustabrownandyellowword]

I'm autistic with selective mutism and considering sign language to help me when I'm non-verbal, but I have a lot of hand stims so I'm worried I'd have to hold them in if there was a risk of them being misinterpreted as sign language. How can I use sign language and still stim freely without people thinking I'm signing?

[@matthewjohnson6360]

"Looks tougher to learn, what is a person who is death supposed to do if he or she only has 1 arm when it comes to BLS?

[@bordershader]

If they're death it's not usually an issue.
You mean deaf, which is a different matter entirely.

[@mandyrandomsurname2211]

Should be from a topdown view, love. This isn't clear at all.

[@ecaterinalupu4392]

Sunt semne neutilizabile is vechi

[@realhojo4]

This is why the Americans won the Revolutionary War.

[@DTczsk1999]

ASL is beautiful. BSL is ugly.

[@afgh1408]

man that is one goofy alphabet

[@uy_sc1]

how-

[@qwertyTRiG]

Outside of the BANZSL family, most sign language alphabets are single-handed.