How to sign 2010

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWC9cikTYOA]YouTube - How to Sign 2010.wmv[/ame]

I agree that.
 
Can someone transcribe or summarize the video please? :ty::ty:
 
CJB, here's the gist of it: In the past, there have been different ways to sign the year signs in the first decade of the second millenium. Some people signed 2-0-0-1, or 2-thousand-1, etc.

This guy says the new way to sign 2010 is to sign twenty and then sign ten: so, Happy twenty-ten!

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I like it as well. Quick and easy. Has a nice rhythm to it.
 
wow that's cool! I like that! quick to sign 2010
 
CJB said:
Can someone transcribe or summarize the video please? :ty::ty:
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The guy was giving us a speedy sign to sign 2001 to 2010. Instead of "2 thousand 1" and "2 thousand 10" in a cumbersome way, he signed "2....1" and "2...10" in a quick, smooth movement.

Does that help?
 
Jiro said:
The guy was giving us a speedy sign to sign 2001 to 2010. Instead of "2 thousand 1" and "2 thousand 10" in a cumbersome way, he signed "2....1" and "2...10" in a quick, smooth movement.

Does that help?
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he actually signed "2001" with the zeros as one smooth movement. for "2010", he signed it with the sign for twenty, then the sign for ten.
 
anakin said:
he actually signed "2001" with the zeros as one smooth movement. for "2010", he signed it with the sign for twenty, then the sign for ten.
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I looked carefully again. You're right. Twenty-Ten in a smooth movement.
 
Thanks everyone. :)

I sign it twenty-ten too. I like the motion of flapping the index and thumb and then shaking the thumb.
 
It appears he's making a combined sign rather than separate 20, 10 signs, which does flow with more economy of movement. That is, he makes a single motion for the "20" rather than the repeat motion used for a number "20". Then, his hand transitions to a single "10" movement rather than twisting the "10" back and forth. Very nice. :)

:ty: for the video.
 
Reba said:
It appears he's making a combined sign rather than separate 20, 10 signs, which does flow with more economy of movement. That is, he makes a single motion for the "20" rather than the repeat motion used for a number "20". Then, his hand transitions to a single "10" movement rather than twisting the "10" back and forth. Very nice. :)

:ty: for the video.
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Yeah, and did you see the way he signed two-thousand-ten? He didn't twist the ten on that one either. Interesting.
 
Reba said:
It appears he's making a combined sign rather than separate 20, 10 signs, which does flow with more economy of movement. That is, he makes a single motion for the "20" rather than the repeat motion used for a number "20". Then, his hand transitions to a single "10" movement rather than twisting the "10" back and forth. Very nice. :)

:ty: for the video.
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That sounds really nice. :)

:ty: for the description Reba.
 
Well, I know we always use the 1900 like 19-00 and then use the same way from 19-01 to 19-99. But when the new 21st century come here, we tend to sign 2 thousand for the beginning of the year. I still feel that I want to sign 2 thousand ten, not 2 thousand and ten. Anyway, anyone can sign whatever they like to sign the year with 20-10 or 2 thousand ten, it does not matter. :naughty:
 
speaking of twenty-ten:

Facebook page wants us to say “twenty-ten” instead of “two-thousand-ten”

me, I'll stick with 2,010. As I been saying 2,000, 2,001, 2,002, and so on. I'm not going to say twenty-ten just because it's cool. it does make sense what they are saying though as we been saying Nineteen ninety-six for 1996 and such. I'll probably do the twenty-ten for ASL though if that's the sign for it.
 
It's not just a "cool" thing. There is historical precedence for this pattern. Hearing Americans have always said, "19-39", "18-12", "14-92", etc. We said, "17-76", not "one-thousand, seven-hundred and 76." ASL follows the same pattern.

When we use year dates, we aren't using the date as a number but as an identifying name. The name is a combination of century (14th, 18th, 20th, etc.) and specific year ("36", "99"). Since the first two numbers represent a century, the "00" is understood.

We should have really been using the "20", not "two-thousand" the whole time.

"17-hundred"
"18-hundred"
"19-hundred"
"20-hundred" (not "2,000")

"17-0-6"
"18-0-6"
"20-0-6"
 
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