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In a message dated 4/26/2005 8:25:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ____________@uni-tuebingen.de writes:

Dear Bill,

for a few weeks, I have been searching the net for information about ASL-- to teach it to my binational German and USA) chilren. while I enjoy procratinating from my work and learning from your website, I found the signing time video being exiting for my three year old daughter and somewhat interesting to my 1 year old son. Now, my daughter asks me every day about a new sign-- which most of them I am able to find somewhere in the net. But, for a whole week she keeps asking for
AVOCADO

She even invented her own sign for it, since I was not able to come up with it. To make a long story short: what is the sign for Avocado? She loves eating them and just needs to know.

I would appreciate your help

M. Kiegelmann

(educational psychologist at the university ot Tübingen, Germany)

M. Kiegelmann,

Hello,

The sign for Avocado uses an "S" hand and a "Curved Hand." You use a mashing motion as you bring the "S" hand forward into the "curved" hand with a twist. Repeat.