How do you sign the word number

Pinch your fingers together on each hand to form a bent ‘O’ hand in ASL, then touch your two hands together, twisting your hands between touches.

How do you sign the number 20 in ASL?

The number 20 looks like the letter g with the index and thumb closing together a couple times. BillVicars: Do you know the sign for “understand”? BillVicars: Right okay, (some people touch the forehead with the back of the thumbnail of the right hand just before they flick the index finger up…

How do you sign the number one?

For quantity, though, the numbers 1 through 5 have your palm facing you; 6 through 10 have your palm facing the addressee. This table gives you numbers 1 through 19 (and 0). To sign decade numbers — 30, 40, 50, and so on — you sign the first number (3, 4, 5) followed by the Sign for the number 0 (zero).

Who are Stefanie and Iva talking about?

Who are Stefanie and Iva talking about? A man and a woman with the same name, Robin.

What does Melinda suggest Iva take with her to Mexico?

What does Melinda suggest Iva take with her to Mexico?  Melinda tells Iva to bring her bikini.

What two comments does Stefanie make about Priscilla’s grandmother?

What’s two comments does Stefanie make about Priscilla’s grandmother? She’s pretty and looks young • How old is Priscilla’s grandmother? 65 • How does Priscilla explain her grandmother’s youthful look?

What is Priscilla’s rank in the family?

What is Priscilla’s rank in the family? The youngest 2.

Why do you think David responds the way he does ASL?

Why do you think David responds the way he does? David is tired of this roommate’s habits and wants a relaxed one.

Where did IVA find the keys?

Where did Iva find the keys?  She found the keys in the classroom.

What is it about their bosses that causes Ursula to suggest she and Tonique find a new job?

What is it about their bosses that causes Ursula to suggest she and Tonique find a new job? They aren’t paid enough therefore they want to look for a job that pays moreMINIDIALOGUE 31. Describe David and Iva’s children. David’s son:His son is not focused in school.

How do you sign Oakland in ASL?

The sign for “Oakland” uses a mutated “O” / “i” combination handshape. The handshape is an “O” with the pinkie sticking up. Move the hand downward, back up, and then down again.

How do you sign paint in ASL?

The sign for paint looks like you are slathering paint on a wall. Take your non-dominant hand and hold it vertically as if it were a wall. Using your dominant hand, move it up and down across the wall as if you were painting.

How do you sign Fremont in ASL?

American Sign Language: “Fremont” The sign for Fremont, as in “Freemont, California,” is to move an “F” handshape downward twice. (Down, up, down.)

How do you sign Berkeley in ASL?

The sign for “Berkeley” uses a “B” hand (a flat hand) that moves downward a couple times. The fingertips are pointed upward, the palm is forward.

How do you sign College in ASL?

COLLEGE: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for “college” The dominant hand starts from a couple inches above the base hand and does a circling movement as it slaps downward and comes back up a few inches.

How do you sign San Francisco in ASL?

The sign for “San Francisco” as in “San San Francisco, California” is done by spelling an “S” and an “F”. Dr. Bill’s notes: You might notice a very slight forward movement as the “S” changes into an “F.” This is not a conscious thing.

How do you sign Baltimore in ASL?

The sign for “Baltimore” uses a “B” hand (a flat hand) that slices downward a couple times.

How do you sign New York in ASL?

The sign for “New York” is to slide a “Y” hand forward and back on the palm of the non-dominant hand. If you need to specify “New York, city” vs “New York, state” you can add the CITY sign or the STATE sign.

How do you sign states in ASL?

STATE: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for “state” To sign “state” as in, “the U.S. has 50 states,” touch the side of an “S” hand to your left palm and then use a small arc to move the “S” hand to the lower part of palm.

How do you sign Mexico in ASL?

Hold a “V” hand up near your forehead and swing it forward twice as if showing the front part of a sombrero (Mexican hat).

What countries use ASL?

In addition to the aforementioned West African countries, ASL is reported to be used as a first language in Barbados, Bolivia, Cambodia (alongside Cambodian Sign Language), the Central African Republic, Chad, China (Hong Kong), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, the Philippines.

How do you sign Chinese in ASL?

CHINA: The ASL sign for “China” CHINA: Point at your upper left chest area (if you are right handed) then draw a large (backward) 7. (Note: your finger doesn’t actually have to touch your body on this sign.) Memory hint: Think of the buttons on certain styles of Chinese clothing.

What is the sign for when?

American Sign Language: “when” The sign for “when” is made by holding your left index finger up (if you are right handed). Your palm should face right. Bring the tip of your right index finger near to the tip of your left index finger.

Does the at sign have a name?

The official ANSI/CCITT name is ‘commercial at’. In the PostScript language it is called the ‘at’ sign. The expansion of the Internet has brought the sign into prominence, but it remains a mystery why people have difficulty naming the symbol, which has been on typewriter keyboards since the nineteenth century.

What are two types of given questions in ASL?

Today, we’re going to cover the top 2 types of questions– WH questions and Yes/No questions.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

«No.» redirects here. For other uses, see No.

The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.),^[1][2] is a typographic abbreviation of the word number(s) indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, the written long-form of the address «Number 22 Acacia Avenue» is shortened to «№ 22 Acacia Ave», yet both forms are spoken long.

Typographically, the numero sign combines as a single ligature the uppercase Latin letter ⟨N⟩ with a usually superscript lowercase letter ⟨o⟩, sometimes underlined, resembling the masculine ordinal indicator ⟨º⟩. The ligature has a code point in Unicode as a precomposed character, U+2116 № NUMERO SIGN.^[3]

The Oxford English Dictionary derives the numero sign from Latin numero, the ablative form of numerus («number», with the ablative denotations of «by the number, with the number»). In Romance languages, the numero sign is understood as an abbreviation of the word for «number», e.g. Italian numero, French numéro, and Portuguese and Spanish número.^[4]

This article describes other typographical abbreviations for «number» in different languages, in addition to the numero sign proper.

Usages[edit]

The numero sign as a single glyph, despite its widespread usage internationally, is not a standard keyboard symbol in virtually any European language^{[citation needed]}. Its substitution by the two separate letters ⟨N⟩ and ⟨o⟩ is common. A capital or lower-case «n» may be used, followed by «o.», superscript «o», ordinal indicator, or the degree sign; this will be understood in most languages.

Bulgarian[edit]

In Bulgarian the numero sign is often used and it is present in three widely used keyboard layouts accessible with Shift-0 in BDS and prBDS and with Shift-3 on the Phonetic layout.

English[edit]

In English, the non-ligature form No. is typical and is often used to abbreviate the word «number».^[2] In North America, the number sign, #, is more prevalent. The ligature form does not appear on British or American QWERTY keyboards.

French[edit]

The numero symbol is not in common use in France and does not appear on a standard AZERTY keyboard. Instead, the French Imprimerie nationale recommends the use of the form «n^o» (an «n» followed by a superscript lowercase «o»). The plural form «n^os» can also be used.^[5] In practice, the «o» is often replaced by the degree symbol (°), which is visually similar to the superscript «o» and is easily accessible on an AZERTY keyboard.

Indonesian and Malaysian[edit]

«Nomor» in Indonesian and «nombor» in Malaysian; therefore «No.» is commonly used as an abbreviation with standard spelling and full stop.

Italian[edit]

The sign is usually replaced with the abbreviations «n.» or «nº», the latter using a masculine ordinal indicator, rather than a superscript «O».^[6]

Philippines[edit]

Because of more than three centuries of Spanish colonisation, the word número is found in almost all Philippine languages. «No.» is its common notation in local languages as well as English.

Portuguese[edit]

In Portugal the notation «n.º» is often used, as in Spain.^[7] In Brazil, where Portuguese is the official language, «nº» is often used on official documents.^[8]

Russian[edit]

Although the letter ⟨N⟩ is not in the Cyrillic alphabet, the numero sign № is typeset in Russian publishing, and is available on Russian computer and typewriter keyboards.

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  1912 typewriter with Russian layout.
  № sign can be seen on the 8 key.

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  Russian typewriter, circa 1985.
  № sign can be seen on the 1 key.

The numero sign is very widely used in Russia and other post-Soviet states in many official and casual contexts. Examples include usage for law and other official documents numbering, names of institutions (hospitals, kindergartens, schools, libraries, organization departments and so on), numbering of periodical publications (such as newspapers and magazines), numbering of public transport routes, etc.

«№ п/п» (номер по порядку, «sequential number») is universally used as a table header to denote a column containing the table row number.

The № sign is sometimes used in Russian medical prescriptions (which according to the law must be written in Latin language^[9]) as an abbreviation for the Latin word numero to indicate the number of prescribed dosages (for example, tablets or capsules), and on the price tags in drugstores and pharmacy websites to indicate number of unit doses in drug packages, although the standard abbreviation for use in prescriptions is the Latin N.

Spanish[edit]

The numero sign is not typically used in Iberian Spanish, and it is not present on standard keyboard layouts. According to the Real Academia Española^[10] and the Fundéu BBVA,^[11] the word número (number) is abbreviated per the Spanish typographic convention of letras voladas («flying letters»). The first letter(s) of the word to be abbreviated are followed by a period; then, the final letter(s) of the word are written as lowercase superscripts. This gives the abbreviations n.^o (singular) and n.^os (plural). The abbreviation «no.» is not used, because it might be mistaken for the Spanish word no (no, not). Furthermore, nro. and núm. are also acceptable abbreviations for número. The numero sign either as a one-character symbol (№) or composed of the letter N plus the superscript «o» character (sometimes underlined or substituted by ordinal indicator º) is common in Latin America, where the interpolated period is sometimes not used in abbreviations.

Nr.[edit]

In some languages, Nr., nr., nr or NR is used instead, reflecting the abbreviation of the language’s word for «number». German Nummer is represented this way, and this language capitalises all nouns and abbreviations of nouns. Lithuanian uses it as well, and it is usually capitalised in bureaucratic contexts, especially with the meaning «reference number» (such as sutarties Nr., «contract No.») but in other contexts it follows the usual sentence capitalisation (such as tel. nr., abbreviation for telefono numeris, «telephone number»). It is most commonly lowercase in other languages, such as Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Estonian and Swedish. Some languages, such as Polish, omit the dot in abbreviations, if the last letter of the original word is present in the abbreviation.

Typing the symbol[edit]

On typewriters and computers that do not support this symbol, it is acceptable and commonplace to replace it with the trigraph «No.» (letter «N», letter «o», and a period (full stop)).

On typewriters and computers that support the degree symbol a digraph «N°» may be used. If the masculine ordinal indicator is available, the better digraph «Nº» may be used. These result in a passable approximation of the numero sign, but a consistent notation must be used in digital data which must be searchable.

On Russian computer keyboard layout, the № character is available and often located on the 3 key.

In macOS, the character can be typed using «U.S. Extended» and «Irish Extended» keyboard layouts by typing ⇧ Shift+⌥ Option+;. As of macOS 10.13, this combination does not yield the numero symbol when «U.S.» or «U.S. International» is chosen. It will only yield the numero symbol when «ABC – Extended» is chosen as the input keyboard.

In X11 (and related, like Linux) systems with a compose key, the character can be typed using Compose, ⇧ Shift+N, O. Alternatively standard XIM style can be used: Ctrl+⇧ Shift+u then 2116↵ Enter.

In Microsoft Windows and HTML in general, the numero sign can be entered by the Unicode input methods № or №.

Technical considerations[edit]

U+2116 NUMERO SIGN is provided both for Cyrillic use, where it looks like [semi-cursive «N» followed by raised, underlined small «o»], and for compatibility with Asian standards, where it looks like [angular «N» followed by raised, underlined small «o», followed by a period]. … Instead of using a special symbol, French practice is to use an «N» or an «n», according to context, followed by a superscript small letter «o» (N^o or n^o; plural N^os or n^os). Legacy data encoded in ISO/IEC 8859-1 (Latin-1) or other 8-bit character sets may also have represented the numero sign by a sequence of «N» followed by the degree sign (U+00B0 degree sign). Implementations working with legacy data should be aware of such alternative representations for the numero sign when converting data.

— The Unicode Standard.^[12]

See also[edit]

• Superior letter

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Unicode Letterlike Symbols code chart

If you use social media, you probably know the “#” sign or hashtag. This symbol has several names, including the number sign, pound sign, hash sign, and octothorpe. But where does it come from? How else is it used? And how should you use it in your writing? Let’s take a look.

The History of the Number Sign

The hash sign can be traced to a Roman unit of measure, the libra pondo (or “pound weight”). This was sometimes abbreviated to the symbol “℔,” which evolved into “#” by the nineteenth century. By this point, it was widely known as a “number sign” when used before a number:

Please answer question #2.

Please answer question number two.

And in the USA, it is also known as the “pound sign.” This is because we sometimes use it to indicate an imperial pound when placed after a number:

We need 2# of beef for the pie.

We need two pounds of beef for the pie.

Outside North America, however, “hash sign” and “number sign” are more common. To abbreviate the unit of mass, countries like the UK and Australia use the abbreviation “lb” instead.

Modern Uses

Over the years, the hash sign has picked up several other uses, including:

• As a proofreading mark that indicates the need to insert a space.
• In writing music, as it looks similar to a sharp note but is easier to type.
• Inserting comments within code in various programming languages.
• As the notation “###,” which indicates the end of a press release.
• To create hashtags on various social media platforms.

This final use is probably the most common nowadays, as it allows people to quickly find posts on a specific subject or theme (e.g., #proofreading).

When to Use a Hash Sign in Your Writing

It would be unusual to need the hash or number sign in formal writing, such as an essay. However, as detailed above, this symbol has several uses in different contexts. Using the hash sign to replace the word “number” is common in less formal writing, so it is fine to use it as long as:

• You’re certain the reader will understand how you’re using it.
• It doesn’t undermine the formality of the document.

If you want to be 100% sure you’re using this symbol correctly, though, it never hurts to have your writing proofread. We have expert editors ready to help, so why not submit a document today?