𝠚𝪜
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Translingual
editProduction
edit- Make a V-sign.
- Place the middle finger over the index finger.
Interjection
edit[fingers crossed]
- Indicates hope for something good to happen.
- 1998, "Operation Field Trip", season 2, episode 8 of Recess
- [The children fix and improve the school bus while the responsible adults were not looking, and then they show them the result.]
- Bertha (the bus driver): Smokey, is that you? You're— You're beaufitul. How can I ever thank you, kids?
- Spinelli: How about starting her up?
- [The children take their seats and some of them cross their fingers, while suspenseful music plays. The engine roars, and they commemorate.]
- 1998, "Operation Field Trip", season 2, episode 8 of Recess
- While one is talking or making a promise, indicates the intention to invalidate one's statement or break the promise.
See also
editFurther reading
editAmerican Sign Language
editProduction
editThis one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “R” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of the shoulder, palm facing forward.
Letter
edit(Stokoe R)
- The letter R
French Sign Language
editProduction
editThis one-handed LSF sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in R Side, PalmForward.
Letter
edit(Stokoe R)
- The letter R
Icelandic Sign Language
editProduction
editThis one-handed ÍTM sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in R about half an arm's length in front of the shoulder, palm facing forward.
Letter
edit(Stokoe R)
- The letter R