Originally Posted by VamPyroX

Yep! Fingerspelling!

I remember when I was in high school. I had an interpreter who was stupid enough to spell out words for me during spelling tests.

Teacher: "Okay, the next word is... discourage."
Interpreter: "Okay, next word... discourage."
Me: "Umm... sign the word again?"
Interpreter: "Discourage."
Me: "Gee... could you spell that for me so I can understand what word you're saying?"
Interpreter: "Okay... D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-E. How's that?"
Me: "Great, thanks!"

I was actually joking. I didn't think she would actually do this to me. I always do this joke with my interpreters and they always laughed back saying, "Hahaha... nice try." However, this only happened with a substitute interpreter that I have never seen before. I guess she couldn't see through my joke.