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busy

The concept of "busy" is generally just spelled very quickly, but there is a signed version of "busy" that uses a modified version of the sign "business."  To use this version of "busy" do the sign for business using a much smaller, quicker motion.

BUSINESS:

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OPTIONAL READING:

NYOB:
You've got to love (or hate?) this next sign.  It means None Of Your Business, but it puts the letters in a different order:  NYOB.  Why?  It feels better!  Really!  Check it out for yourself!  Fingerspell NOYB and then NYOB and see which one "rolls off the fingers" easier.



Note: I recently (attended a BBQ with a bunch of my friends. (2008, Fall) Let's see...two Ph.D.s 3 MA's, a 4th generation grandma, ALL of us college teachers of ASL (I've GOT to get a wider circle of friends eh?).  We head to the beach (lakeside) for a bit of rest and relaxation and what do we do? We spend the whole freaking afternoon haggling about SIGN LANGUAGE variations!!!  I kid you not, the six of us EACH used a different sign or set of signs for the concept: "none of your business!"