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PEOPLE

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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)

• FOLK (as in "people")
• HUMANITY
• HUMANS
• LAITY
• LAYPERSON
• MANKIND
• PEOPLE
• POPULATION
• REPUBLIC

Examples of Usage

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English Sentence

Sir Charles Scott Sherrington was a hard of hearing scientist who received the Nobel Prize in 1932 for helping shape our understanding of the central nervous system.

ASL Gloss

S-I-R C-H-A-R-L-E-S S-C-O-T-T S-H-E-R-R-I-N-G-T-O-N HIMSELF HARD-OF-HEARING SCIENTIST. YEAR 1932 HE RECEIVED N-O-B-E-L P-R-I-Z-E MEDAL WHY? HE HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND C-E-N-T-R-A-L N-E-R-V-O-U-S S-Y-S-T-E-M.

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I enjoy using technology to help people.

ASL Gloss

TECHNOLOGY I ENJOY USE WHY? HELP PEOPLE.

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Deaf people use a teletypewriter to communicate over the phone.

ASL Gloss

DEAF PEOPLE COMMUNICATE THROUGH PHONE HOW? USE TELETYPEWRITER (#TTY).

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I like watching people play the piano.

ASL Gloss

PIANO PEOPLE PLAY WATCH I ENJOY.

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Sometimes people think the deaf use braille, but that is not true, only blind people use braille.

ASL Gloss

SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK DEAF PEOPLE USE BRAILLE. NO! ONLY BLIND PEOPLE USE BRAILLE.

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Teaching my kids to help other people builds good character.

ASL Gloss

MY KIDS I TEACH HELP HELP OTHER PEOPLE WHY? DEVELOPS GOOD CHARACTER.

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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.

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Thirty people will go to the family picnic next Saturday.

ASL Gloss

NEXT SATURDAY FAMILY PICNIC 30 PEOPLE GO.

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Most people think learning ASL is easy peasy, but no, it is challenging.

ASL Gloss

MOST PEOPLE THINK LEARNING ASL EASY PEASY NO CHALLENGING.

Sign Variations for this Word

• Variation 1 - ASL
• Variation 2 - Fingerspelled

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