STEPFATHER: This version uses the "second hand" +
"dad" signs.
This version uses "FALSE" + "DAD" to mean
STEPFATHER. It can also be interpreted as "foster father."
STEPFATHER: No kidding, this sign really is used. I don't like
it much because the "finger wiggle" doesn't transfer easily to
"stepmother." What I'm saying is that if I use the same
handshape and movement on the chin, instead of meaning "stepmother"
-- it looks way too close to the sign for "WHO." But as a sign
for stepfather it seems to work really well and be quite popular.
STEPMOTHER: another version:
Just in case you are wondering, here is the sign for "STEP." This is
a version of the sign for walk that only takes "one step." Do
NOT use this sign as part of the sign for step-father during an ASL test
(unless you want to give your instructor a chuckle).
