Actually Helen Keller used to pat her cheek when she wanted her mother because her mother used to rub her cheek this is before she learned how to communicate i do not know if she kept doing that when she was and adult.
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It comes from the name of the mother of Constantine the Great - St. Helena.
http://www.signingsavvy.com/search.php?search=mother
Because there is no "Mother" in the Holy Trinity. And there is no "HOLY SIGN of the cross".
The mother can sign her name, not the father's name.
To say "hello mother" in American Sign Language (ASL), you would sign "HELLO" followed by signing "MOTHER." This can be done by waving your hand in front of your face for "HELLO" and then placing an open hand on your chin for "MOTHER."
Can only a mother sign for her 17 year old daughter to get married?
In American Sign Language (ASL), the sign for "mother" is made by bringing your open hand to your chin and moving it slightly forward in a repeated motion.
Yes, Mama Helen's, not Mama Helens. Mama Helens in pluralized.
When Helen Keller wanted her mother, she would make the shape of a "M" with her fingers on her mother's lips to sign the word "mother" in tactile sign language. This allowed her to communicate with her mother through touch.
She was a Virgo....
At Mt. St. Helens.