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I like ASLWrite. I probably just will put vocab words/links to helpful things here. Im NOT an EXPERT. Take everything with a grain of salt & go to slwrite.org (as of now) to really get into the good stuff. Its free. My chirp: https://chirp.me/ASLwriteFan
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Tease

Credit:
Left side typed w/ BeeOlive V1.7 by ASLWrite Fan, 2026
Right side Handwritten by Adrean Clark 2025 and sourced from the ASLWrite dictionary at slwrite.org
Usage: non-commercial with credit, do not put into ai

Sign:
www.handspeak.com/word/2160/

#slwrite #Aslwrite #Tease #vocabulary
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January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
I was researching signing systems for a Tumblr post & it made me feel so strongly the danger to a writing system being a) spearheaded by only one or two people b) having a writing systems materials only up on one or two sites.

#ASLWrite #SLWrite #WritingSystems #SignLanguageWritingSystems
January 4, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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Ringing in the New Year. Here's to a more focused blue skying in 2026.

#ASLWrite
#SLWrite
#NewYear
#NewBeginnings
#Resolution
#NewYearResolutions
Four lines 1st: typed in gallaudet fingerspelling font, which puts each English letter in a visual handshapes. It says Happy New Year". "Happy" is blue, "New" is maroon, "Year" is gray. 2nd: typed in BeeOlive V1.7 typing font. It says "Happy New Year". Happy is written w/ a 3-sided rectangle, open side down, which represents collar bones & shoulders. In the underneath inside left of that shape is a horseshoe. Its open side faces left, representing a B hand. A tiny vertical dash represents the thumb on the B hand. Above that is a vertical curved line endingin 2 dots. This represents the hand motion. "New" is written with 3 shapes. The first starts from the left with a dropping open triangle whose right tip turns into a straight horizontal line. The whole shape sits slightly high and represents the left hand. The third is the same as the first but reversed left to right. The whole shape sits slightly low and represents the right hand. Between the two, in the middle space, is a curved horizontal line with the end point to the left. This shows the right hand moving across the left hand to make the sign "New". "Year" is written with three O shapes lined up semi-vertically. They are off center due to limitations in the font. The top & bottom O's represent fists. Each has a short curved slash for a thumb (from the right for top/left for bottom). The O in the middle is very small. It represents top fist rotating around the bottom fist. A contact dot at the top of the bottom O (left fist) represents where the top O (right fist) stops. The 3rd line is written in ASLWrite BeeOlive V1.7 fingerspelling digibet. There is only one P digit. Underneath it is a line with a dot to the left, showing letting doubling. The 4th line is a hand written version of the second line. The main differences are that the hand shapes in "New" are curved C's without the thumb and the circles and dot in year are fully lined up vertically. All lines share the same colors/color order.
January 1, 2026 at 11:55 PM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
Here's to a new year and a more coherent and organized approach to sharing #ASLwrite / #slwrite and slwrite.org, and just really any of it
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January 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
I cracked and wrote #ao3 support if they would let me volunteer to be a dedicated volunteer on managing the language tag for American Sign Language.

I'm so new to ao3 that I don't know if that will be seen in the positive gesture that it is meant, but I hopes so.
December 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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#ao3 finally let me in and I've been familiarizing myself.

First, the American Sign Language category is over-run with spoken langauges
Second, crack fic, wow
Third, really glad I'm reading ALLLL of the FAQs before doing much
Fourth, working away on the pieces I want to post

#aslwrite
#slwrite
December 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
Okie dokie, fixing the very last drop of the word tell me, from before

"Tell me"

Credit: Adrean Clark
View: Half Face
Mode: Handwritten, computer drawing program
Reference link: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

#ASLWrite
#Slwrite
#AdreanClark
ASLWrite sign for "TELL-ME" written in black digital pen by Adrean Clark. The upper left half of the image contains a shape like half of a regular vase, which represents the side profile of the lower half of the face. The top right of the shape, a diagonal line slanted to the upper right, represents the lower half of the nose, and the bottom hump of the main shape to the right represents the chin. Inside the chin is a dot that is known as a contact point. To the lower right of the dot at an angle, outside of the chin location, is a line slanted left, with a slash through the base. This represents the 1 finger and the dot represents the contact point where the 1 finger (a raised index finger) touches the chin. This is the first part of the word "TELL-ME" which contains the concept "SAY" "SAYS". Underneath the 1 digit is a line that curves to the space underneath the chin, where the chest would be if it were drawn (it is not drawn). At the end of this line is a dot, which represents where the index finger would point on the chest and represents "ME". The line represents the motion of the index finger from the contact point on the chin to the end of the motion on the chest, converting "SAY" and "ME" into "SAY-TO-ME" or "TELL-ME"
December 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
Alrighty, just fixing the last few vocab drops:

Credit: Minnie B
"Tell me"
View: Full Face
Mode: Handwritten using microsoft paint 3d
Reference link: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
#ASLWrite
#Slwrite

Don't forget to go to slwrite.org and sign up for a free account to learn more.
Picture of the ASL sign "TELL-ME", digitally hand written in blue ink. The first portion starts at the left; the shape has a round hump at it's top right, representing the upper half of the face; a pointy hump as it's middle right, representing the nose of the face; and a round hump at it's bottom right, representing the chin of the face. To the outside right of the chin, very close, is a slanted line with another slanted line at its base. This represents the one finger, the index finger, tilted and pointing at a dot inside the chin. There is a single dot on the middle right of the inside of the chin, which the finger digit points at, which represents a contact point where the finger will touch. This dot is known as a contact point and indicates that the finger touches the chin. These combined is the beginning of the concept "TELL" by initiating the concept "SAY" Almost below it is a line that curves from the chin to underneath the face where a chest would be in the blank spot. This represents the motion of the finger moving from the chin to an imaginary chest. Adding this motion begins the change of the sign from "SAY" to "TELL". At the end of that curved line is another dot. This line is known as an end point and indicates where the motion stops. Because the motion implies it stops on the speakers chest, this indicates "ME" All together this spells the sign "TELL-ME"
December 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
ok! time to drop an actual vocabulary word. I'm going to start with the word in my profile picture, which is actually two different ways to write the word "TELL-ME"

big credit since this pic is from the ASLWrite FB dictionary, written by Minnie B., used with permission

#aslwrite
#slwrite
#vocab
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
Ok look. Im not trying to tweet everyday, but I got bitty thoughts. Anyway, I had an ao3 brainstorm today - what if I made a browser extension that when you hover changes ALSWrite typetext to actual ASLWrite in the hover box.

I can't code. Don't expect this pipe dream. 😭

#aslwrite
#slwrite
#ao3
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
I know its only been a day since I mentioned A03, but checking my invitation status progress. Bwahahaha

#aslwrite
#slwrite
#ao3
Archive of Own Own page that says Invitation Request Status. Below that caption says There are currently 91919 people on the waiting list. We are sending out 5000 invitations every 12 hour. A gray box says "Email" with a button "Look me up". The email is blacked out. The line below the button says "Invitation status for [email blacked out] and the line below it says: You are currently number 57429 on our waiting list. At our current rate you should receive an invitation on or around December 11th, 2025.
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
I discovered that ao3 has american sign language listed as a language. I made and a03. I brainstormed a way to put ASLWrite on there even though there is no font/image support. I applied for an invitation. Now I wait....

#aslwrite #slwrite #aslwriting #writingsignlanguage
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
Okie dokie A/SLWrite fans, today I'm going to share a few ways you can write signs.

1. good ole handwriting. If you join the slwrite.org you can take pictures and upload it*

(*if you want feedback or to share)

#aslwrite
#slwrite
#signwriting
#signlanguage
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November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
Just a heads up, I'm going to try to be using the following hashtags in my posts:

#ASLWrite means AmericanSignLanguageWrite, and includes American variants that aren't pure ASL (like PSE)

#Slwrite this means SignLanguageWrite, since ASLWrite can be (and has been) adapted to other sign languages
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
I'm going to try to drop one vocabulary word a week (give or take)

Note they're will be some that are generally agreed on so come from established work, and some that are my tries (so could be completely wrong or need adjustments).

I will mark them accordingly.

Join slwrite.org (free)

#ASLWrite
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November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
Oh jesus. I forgot how you can thread things on twitter. I'm assuming that can be done here, I just have to figure out how. Its going to make this a lot less painful (like my introduction, or my agenda, things that have multiple parts)
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
Alrighty. A little about me. I like ASLWrite. I find it super useful for writing what I'm signing. I'm not that great at it but I'm good enough to get through the chats I have and the things I need. I'm always working on improving. The ASLWrite educational backbone has moved here to slwrite.org
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November 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
aslwritefan.bsky.social
First time on blue sky. Strong twitter (not X) emulation. Feels familiar. But not sure its going to work with what I want to do. I am lamenting the difficulty of finding a facebook/reddit replacement for my goal. Probably going to abandon this account. Hope not.
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM