Pumpkin and melon
Soul Flame
Member
3/24/2026
9 Comments
Hey everyone!
I’ve noticed that Pumpkin and Melon seem to be signed the same way. How do you guys show the difference when signing?
Discussion (9)
Minions
3/24/2026
I realized that too i don't know sorry
Soul Flame
3/25/2026
No worries 😄 same here, people probably distinguish them somehow
Lou Masters
3/25/2026
I don't know about these particular 2 but I know many signs are the same and you just have to understand which it is through context just like how many English words have multiple definitions and you just have to understand which one it is from context so perhaps these two are love that
Soul Flame
3/25/2026
Yeah, that makes sense! I was thinking it might be context too. Maybe if someone signs it in summer, it’s probably a watermelon, and in autumn a pumpkin 😅
Soul Flame
3/25/2026
I guess color could be a really useful way to tell the difference too. Like signing orange before pumpkin or yellow before melon makes it much clearer
Lou Masters
3/26/2026
well watermelon actually does have a sign. it's a compound sign with a w at the chin for water and then the sign for melon but other melons are just the melon sign
strawberry shortc
3/25/2026
maybe sign pie with pumpkin and when u talk about melon u would refer too watermelon or ripe melon
Soul Flame
3/25/2026
Yeah, that could work. Using a little extra word like 'ripe' or 'pie' might make it way easier to tell them apart! But you’d need to fingerspell the word.
Abdulla Hashed
3/27/2026
You can do the
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