How do you sign the letter S in BSL?

Name: How do you sign the letter S in BSL?
Uploaded: 2026-08-07T06:36:53.59217+00:00
Description: Hook the little finger of your dominant hand around the little finger of your passive hand, the two fingers linked. No movement. S is the 19th letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

Hook the little finger of your dominant hand around the little finger of your passive hand, the two fingers linked. No movement. S is the 19th letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

The sign, demonstrated on video by a Deaf teacher.

S is the two little fingers linked — the shape of the letter. It is the plural of most words you will spell, so make it effortless.

You will fingerspell S in names like Sophie, Sam and Sebastian and places like Sheffield, Southampton and Swansea. Practise it next to R and T, its neighbours in the alphabet.

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