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What is being signed (English Meaning)
CALL (as in "someone's name")
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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)
Examples of Usage
English Sentence
There was a famous protest at Gallaudet University in 1988 called Deaf President Now.
ASL Gloss
BACK YEAR 1988 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY HAPPEN WHAT? FAMOUS PROTEST CALLED DEAF PRESIDENT NOW.
English Sentence
Malcolm Norwood was a deaf man from Connecticut who was known as the Father of Closed Captioning.
ASL Gloss
M-A-L-C-O-L-M N-O-R-W-O-O-D HIMSELF DEAF FROM C-O-N-N PEOPLE CALLED QUOTE FATHER OF #CC.
English Sentence
Thomas H. Gallaudet was a minister, educator, and co-founded the first school for the deaf called the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. Gallaudet University was named in honor of him in 1894.
ASL Gloss
T-H-O-M-A-S H. G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T HIMSELF MINISTER TEACHER HE CO- FOUNDED FIRST RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL U-S CALLED AMERICAN SCHOOL DEAF A-S-D WHERE? HARTFORD C-O-N-N. YEAR 1894 GALLAUDET COLLEGE NAMED AFTER HIM.
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