American Sign Language: "silly" The sign for "silly" wiggles a "Y" hand in front of your face. The movement is a double twist. Sort of like the "hang loose" gesture or the sign for YELLOW (but done in front of the face). SILLY: Memory Aid: "Homer Simpson has a silly yellow face." You can modify the sign "SILLY" to mean, "that's ridiculous" or "he is a fool." The modified version uses a single large sweeping motion with a bit of a twist in the wrist. SILLY / foolish / ridiculous: Sample sentence: YOU THINK HE/SHE TEACHER SILLY? (Do you think the teacher is silly?) Also see: DUMB Also see: STUPID Want to help support ASLU? It's easy :) You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "silly"

The sign for "silly" wiggles a "Y" hand in front of your face. The movement is a double twist. Sort of like the "hang loose" gesture or the sign for YELLOW (but done in front of the face).

SILLY:

Memory Aid: "Homer Simpson has a silly yellow face."

You can modify the sign "SILLY" to mean, "that's ridiculous" or "he is a fool." The modified version uses a single large sweeping motion with a bit of a twist in the wrist.

SILLY / foolish / ridiculous:

Sample sentence: YOU THINK HE/SHE TEACHER SILLY? (Do you think the teacher is silly?)

Also see: DUMB

Also see: STUPID

Want to help support ASLU? It's easy :)

You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™
Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars