How do you sign the letter R in BSL?
Passive hand open, palm up. Bend your dominant index finger and rest the bent finger on the passive palm. No movement. R is the 18th letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.
R suggests the lowercase r: one bent finger on the palm, where L is a straight one. The bend is the whole difference — make it clear.
You will fingerspell R in names like Rosie, Ryan and Ruby and places like Reading, Rochdale and Ripon. Practise it next to Q and S, its neighbours in the alphabet.
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