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5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact
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American Sign Language
Alternative forms
5@NearSternum-FingerUp 5@Sternum-FingerUp
Etymology
Traditional etymology holds that this sign imitates a gentleman's ruffled shirt.
Production
right-hand open-B palm-leftclose to body in center of chestmoves in and out repeatedly
one
5 Sternum FingerUp ASL 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact.jpg
75px|right|Contact Touch the thumb one or more times to the sternum.
| hold
| colspan=2 | move str MP frbk
| hold
| colspan=2 | 4u TITH c ST BA HP MP
| colspan=2 | 4u TITH p ST BA HP MP
The number of iterations, speed, angle of the hand, and distance moved from the sternum are variable and may be used for emphasis or to add certain frames, styles, or semantic overtones.
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Adjective
adj FINE ASL 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact.jpg
courteous; elegant; fancy; polite; refined; suave; urbane
fine; satisfactory; wonderful
BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack C@Ulnar-PalmUp-C@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp 1@CenterChesthigh-TipFingerForward?
HOW YOU? (“How are you?”)
1@Sternum-FingerBack 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact
ME FINE (“I’m fine.”)
Derived terms
ase 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle cool, swell