OR-[bodyshift]
Now, here we go. This is the good stuff. This is a "nonmanual marker" (has a meaning, but doesn't require "hands") that means "or." Suppose you were asking me, "YOU WANT PIZZA OR HAMBURGER, WHICH?"
Instead of signing one of the versions of "or" shown below, you
could instead use a "bodyshift." You'd sign, "YOU
WANT" in the normal position, then as you signed PIZZA, you'd sort of
lean a bit to your left, then when you signed "HAMBURGER" you'd lean
a bit to your right. This is ASL at its finest! If the person you
are signing to is awake, you shouldn't need to sign "WHICH" at the
end of the sentence, but it doesn't hurt to add it if your meaning is
"you have to choose one or the other."
NOTE: Another common way to sign "OR" is to fingerspell it:
"O-R."
It is a short little word, so many
of us tend to just spell it.
OR as in "then."
An initialized version of "or." Some people consider this
version to be Signed English, and prefer to instead use the sign for
"then."
This version is "not recommended" if you are taking an ASL test.
OR:
