Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Deaf Sign for Abortion


2 comments:

Edison Frisbee said...

Is that for real? It's horrific in its accuracy....

VOCAL said...

Edison,

Look up the American Sign Language word for abortion. It is in fact true. So sad, but a realistic portrayal. Sorry.

Definition

termination of pregnancy

Note

Gloss: REMOVAL/REMOVED. In this standalone video, it's a compound word, however in the context of sentences, it's usually signed a single sign "removal/removed".

This video has been viral at times. To explain an etymological origin of this signed word (one of a few variations), the latter part of the sign originated from the ASL sign "removal" or "to remove". No worse than the English term "abortion".