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opposite  / allergy


OPPOSITE  / ALLERGIC

To sign "ACROSS FROM" keep the left hand stationary.
To sign "DISAGREE," sign "THINK + OPPOSITE."

American Sign Language University ™ ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars
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Optional Discussion:

In a message dated 9/19/2006 2:05:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, MAWILSON@ writes:
How do you sign allergy; hay fever, food allergy, skin allergy?
Marci,
For "allergy" you use the sign "opposite."
Hay Fever would be:  GROW GROW NOSE OPPOSITE (include facial expression)
For "food allergy" you generally sign:  "I CAN'T EAT (name of food), OPPOSITE ME."
For "skin allergy" you grab a binch of skin on the back of your non-dominant hand then sign "OPPOSITE."  Or you sign "(name of substance) I ITCH!"  For example, "PERFUME? I ITCH!"   Or you can show the specific skin reaction:  RED "bumps", or SWELLING, or RED-"surface area"
-Bill