Form your dominant hand into a "W" shape by extending your index, middle, and ring fingers while holding your pinky down with your thumb. Hold your non-dominant hand flat in front of you with the palm facing up, like a plate. Tap the "W" handshape onto your non-dominant palm, then lift it, rotate your wrist about 90 degrees, and tap it again. This motion perfectly mimics the crisscross grid pattern of a waffle.
To sign this, you would sign 'I', 'WANT', 'WAFFLE', 'FOR', 'BREAKFAST'. Emphasize the 'W' handshape tapping twice to clearly show the waffle grid. It is a fun and visual way to express your morning cravings!
Sign 'YOU', 'LIKE', 'PANCAKE', 'OR', 'WAFFLE'. Use a slight shoulder shift between signing 'PANCAKE' and 'WAFFLE' to visually indicate the choice between the two breakfast options to your conversational partner.
Sign 'WAFFLE', 'SYRUP', 'PLEASE'. You can follow the waffle sign with a pouring motion to represent the syrup. Placing the topic (waffle) first is a common and natural sentence structure in ASL.
To sign this, you would sign 'I', 'WANT', 'WAFFLE', 'FOR', 'BREAKFAST'. Emphasize the 'W' handshape tapping twice to clearly show the waffle grid. It is a fun and visual way to express your morning cravings!
Sign 'YOU', 'LIKE', 'PANCAKE', 'OR', 'WAFFLE'. Use a slight shoulder shift between signing 'PANCAKE' and 'WAFFLE' to visually indicate the choice between the two breakfast options to your conversational partner.
Sign 'WAFFLE', 'SYRUP', 'PLEASE'. You can follow the waffle sign with a pouring motion to represent the syrup. Placing the topic (waffle) first is a common and natural sentence structure in ASL.
They are signed in the exact same location (on the non-dominant palm), but 'pancake' uses a flat dominant hand that flips over, mimicking a spatula flipping a pancake. 'Waffle' uses the 'W' handshape tapping in a grid pattern.
Not strictly, as long as the rotation is roughly 90 degrees to create the crisscross illusion. Most signers naturally rotate their wrist outward or inward depending on what feels most comfortable for their joints.
No, this sign is specifically for the delicious breakfast food. If you want to express being indecisive or 'waffling' back and forth on a choice, you would use ASL signs related to hesitation, balancing choices, or being unsure.
