Do you know signs for Mafia, godfather or hit man?

[Reba]

How do you sign "Mafia," "hit man," and "godfather?"

 

[Jiro]

for godfather - we signed "god" "father"

as for rest.... I can't remember. I recall my friend signing Mafia last year...

 

[Banjo]

Mafia, "M" handshape sideways under the nose.

 

[Jiro]

Mafia, "M" handshape sideways under the nose.

just hold "M" under the nose like a mustache or...?

 

[Frisky Feline]

I use "m" signs like cut on my neck. I just sign "m" on my neck repeatly.

 

[Banjo]

just hold "M" under the nose like a mustache or...?

Yes, just thrust the "M" forward and back sideways a couple times as if you're stroking the mustache.

 

[Jiro]

Yes, just thrust the "M" forward and back sideways a couple times as if you're stroking the mustache.

lol that's kinda funny. I prefer frisky's sign

 

[Banjo]

lol that's kinda funny. I prefer frisky's sign

That's just how we sign it here. There is a lot of organized crimes here.

 

[authentic]

That is SO SEE sign when it comes with "M". *barf*

I use "H" on both hands as you sign for "COWBOY". For cowboy in ASL you sign it with "L" as guns. I sign it with "H" as pistol.

 

[Barbaro]

One time, I saw an interpreter who spelled "mafia" or "mob", then spray tommy gun.

 

[Banjo]

That is SO SEE sign when it comes with "M". *barf*

I use "H" on both hands as you sign for "COWBOY". For cowboy in ASL you sign it with "L" as guns. I sign it with "H" as pistol.

Um... meh. Too Cowboy-ish.

 

[authentic]

Um... meh. Too Cowboy-ish.

That's International Sign for Mafia. It is better than signing with "M".

 

[somedeafdudefromPNW]

Um... meh. Too Cowboy-ish.

Not to mention "H"-shape still means cowboy where I am from.

In fact, it's the foundation for one of the many signs for "CALGARY."

 

[Reba]

Yes, just thrust the "M" forward and back sideways a couple times as if you're stroking the mustache.

I'm guessing that's an iconic reference to the era's Italians wearing mustaches. Probably not politically correct but that's the nature of sign language.

Someone showed me a sign used for Mafia in another state that is a modification of the sign for ITALY; also not politically correct but that's life.

 

[Reba]

One time, I saw an interpreter who spelled "mafia" or "mob", then spray tommy gun.

I like that one.

 

[Reba]

Um... meh. Too Cowboy-ish.

We sign COWBOY as COW+BOY or make a motion like swinging a lasso overhead.

 

[Reba]

What about La Cosa Nostra?

 

[Tousi]

What about La Cosa Nostra?

Why wouldn't whatever sign is used for "Mafia" also be used for this? Especially in informal conversations?

 

[Barbaro]

Have you been interpreting for mafia 101 course?

As for La Cosa Nostra, I assume, I'd spell it, then make it up like family and tommy gun??? lol

 

[Reba]

Why wouldn't whatever sign is used for "Mafia" also be used for this? Especially in informal conversations?

It would probably be OK for a generic conversation. If specifics are necessary, I would spell the names.

I was just curious if they did have separate sign names for the two organizations.

It's amazing the range of topics I have to cover.