manual alphabet
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Rather than getting angry at us, hearing people can type text on their phones, try a speech-to-text transcription app or learn the ASL manual alphabet for basic exchanges, use gestures, or employ pen and paper.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2020
The manual alphabet, or fingerspelling, is thought by some to have been invented by monks in the 8th Century who had taken a vow of silence and needed another way of communicating.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2013
The manual alphabet was then published as an an illustration in popular author Daniel Defoe's book about a deaf man, The Life and Times of Mr Duncan Campbell, from 1720.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2013
Soon, says Arthur Penn, "Patty and Anne were carrying on conversations in the manual alphabet behind our backs, cracking jokes and having themselves a time."
From Time Magazine Archive
The connexion between all three, he goes on to say, should be shown the pupils, but the manual alphabet should be mastered first.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
