To sign **ranch**, start by forming an 'R' handshape with your dominant hand (crossing your index and middle fingers). Bring your hand up to your chin and trace it along your jawline from the non-dominant side to your dominant side. This sign is an initialized version of the sign for **farm**, using the first letter of the English word.
Sign 'ranch' by tracing an 'R' handshape along your jawline, following the signs for 'grow up' and 'cow'.
Sign 'ranch' followed by the sign for 'salad' to ask this common food question. Some signers may also fingerspell R-A-N-C-H for the dressing.
Use the initialized 'R' handshape tracing the jawline to specify a ranch rather than a general farm.
Sign 'ranch' by tracing an 'R' handshape along your jawline, following the signs for 'grow up' and 'cow'.
Sign 'ranch' followed by the sign for 'salad' to ask this common food question. Some signers may also fingerspell R-A-N-C-H for the dressing.
Use the initialized 'R' handshape tracing the jawline to specify a ranch rather than a general farm.
They are very similar! *Farm* typically uses an open '5' handshape with the thumb tracing the jawline, while *ranch* uses an 'R' handshape making the exact same movement.
Yes, many signers use this initialized sign for both a livestock ranch and ranch dressing. However, in food contexts, you will also frequently see people fingerspell R-A-N-C-H.
You should start on the non-dominant side of your chin and trace the 'R' handshape along your jawline toward your dominant side.
