American Sign Language: "brain" The sign for brain is done by tapping your forehead twice with the tip of your index finger. You can say that someone is very smart by calling him or her "big brained" by holding an tight "C" hand near your forehead and then quickly expanding it into a large, loose, C-hand. BIG-BRAINED: There is a sign that if interpreted literally would mean "double brained." It is intended as a complement or a statement of awe, admiration, or respect toward a person's genius or mental prowess. What you do is you hold loose "S" hands or semi-closed "C" hands in front of your head. One of the hands needs to be in front of the other. It doesn't really matter which one is in front, but I hold my dominant hand closer to my head and put my non-dominant hand further out. Then you make a quick forward movement with both hands, expanding them into fully open "loose" "C" hands. As you do the movement it helps to move your mouth as if you were saying "CHA" (which infers the idea of "very" large brained). DOUBLE-BRAINED: You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk." Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT > Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >

American Sign Language: "brain"

The sign for brain is done by tapping your forehead twice with the tip of your index finger.

You can say that someone is very smart by calling him or her "big brained" by holding an tight "C" hand near your forehead and then quickly expanding it into a large, loose, C-hand.

BIG-BRAINED:

There is a sign that if interpreted literally would mean "double brained." It is intended as a complement or a statement of awe, admiration, or respect toward a person's genius or mental prowess. What you do is you hold loose "S" hands or semi-closed "C" hands in front of your head. One of the hands needs to be in front of the other. It doesn't really matter which one is in front, but I hold my dominant hand closer to my head and put my non-dominant hand further out. Then you make a quick forward movement with both hands, expanding them into fully open "loose" "C" hands. As you do the movement it helps to move your mouth as if you were saying "CHA" (which infers the idea of "very" large brained).

DOUBLE-BRAINED:

You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™
ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk."

Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT >

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >