name?

Kurt Grimes · 05-31-2012, 06:31 PM

How do i get a name in S.L. when there is no one to give me a name?

Bebonang · 05-31-2012, 07:10 PM

Do you have a Deaf friend that sign with you? If he or she look over you and find a sign name for you. He or she will give you the sign name. If you don't have a Deaf friend, then try go to the Deaf event where there is Deaf community. One of them might give you a sign name. But here online that is hard to tell if you are not in person in front of us.

Kurt Grimes · 05-31-2012, 07:17 PM

yea, i can do neither. i live in a very small town and far away from a deaf comunity, so i have no way of geting a name in Sign Language.

green427 · 05-31-2012, 07:18 PM

Fingerspell the letters "K" and "G" under your chin as if you were signing the word "grime". Use that as a start.

**Bottesini** · 05-31-2012, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by green427

Fingerspell the letters "K" and "G" under your chin as if you were signing the word "grime". Use that as a start.

Just the K like grimy should give people the idea!

Kurt Grimes · 05-31-2012, 07:27 PM

thanks bunches.

Anij · 05-31-2012, 09:16 PM

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Name signs are given (like a gift) by Deaf individuals once someone is involved in the deaf community.
Not everyone has one, especially hearing people. Many Deaf who have short or easy to spell names also don't have Name Signs.

It's perfectly acceptable (and normal) for an ASL student or hearing person to just fingerspell their name until they are immersed into the Deaf community.

Don't worry about Name Signs - just practice ASL and in time a Deaf person will give you a proper name sign that will not only be appropriate, but accepted by the ASL communities

Jess · 05-31-2012, 09:58 PM

Try this, mix the first letter of your name with an ASL sign that describes you. For instance, In my case, I sign "kick", but instead of a flat hand meeting my wrist, I use my pinkie ending with the "J" formation under my wrist. Be creative and simplify it.

rolling7 · 05-31-2012, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurt Grimes

yea, i can do neither. i live in a very small town and far away from a deaf comunity, so i have no way of geting a name in Sign Language.

If you feel far away from Dothan, Montgomery, Pensacola and Mobile (where I'm from) then you have given up to easy. Your best bet is to take Highway 29 south to Pensacola for the monthly ASL social. Until you make friends, in person, with a dozen or so deaf, your sign name will have to wait. Don't give up so easy. Gas prices have gone down, so take advantage to take a trip to a social and make friends with the deaf. Go in without expectations and just be yourself.

Anij · 05-31-2012, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jess

Try this, mix the first letter of your name with an ASL sign that describes you. For instance, In my case, I sign "kick", but instead of a flat hand meeting my wrist, I use my pinkie ending with the "J" formation under my wrist. Be creative and simplify it.

Are you serious? You must be hearing (or oral deaf/hoh) ?

Kurt Grimes · 06-01-2012, 09:48 PM

Rolling7 that sounds like fun and a great way to meet people. But I need to know when it is

Jess · 06-01-2012, 10:33 PM

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Are you serious? You must be hearing (or oral deaf/hoh) ?

???... Yes, seriously. I am CI user/oral-deaf without CI.

Anij · 06-02-2012, 12:00 AM

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Are you serious? You must be hearing (or oral deaf/hoh) ?

???... Yes, seriously. I am CI user/oral-deaf without CI.

Randomly initializing signs to "create a name sign" is a really bad idea.

Not only does it not conform to most name signing rules (with certain exceptions), it also creates a situation where someone can accidentally "invent" a sign that actually already means something ("B" At chin is just on example - "Brittney" thinks she's given herself a great name sign, until she finds out it actually means b**ch .. Opps!)

**Reba** · 06-02-2012, 07:23 AM

What's the big rush to get a sign name? Your name isn't that hard to spell. Besides, until you begin to socialize with a number of deaf people, how often do you need to use your own name?

Frisky Feline · 06-02-2012, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Jess

???... Yes, seriously. I am CI user/oral-deaf without CI.

ci user and oral deaf without ci? im confused. forgive me... lol

**GrendelQ** · 06-02-2012, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Jess

???... Yes, seriously. I am CI user/oral-deaf without CI.

Sorry, thought you were someone else for a moment.

Anij · 06-02-2012, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Reba

What's the big rush to get a sign name? Your name isn't that hard to spell. Besides, until you begin to socialize with a number of deaf people, how often do you need to use your own name?

It seems endemic to hearing people to think getting a name sign makes them:
A) "cool"
B) a "real ASL student"

I know literally dozens of Deaf (including myself) who's Name Signs are fingerspelled versions (often stylized) of our names. The reality is if you have a name that's 2-6 letters long, especially if it flows well (Sophia, Silvia, Chris, etc) then you don't really need an ANS (or DNS) at all ... it's not like a Name Sign is a "magic key" to the ASL community.

Frisky Feline · 06-02-2012, 08:44 AM

I am a Deaf chica with no sign name. LOL

05-31-2012, 06:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
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05-31-2012, 07:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
green427 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cooch's Bridge Battlefield Posts: 1,630	Fingerspell the letters "K" and "G" under your chin as if you were signing the word "grime". Use that as a start. Bebonang likes this. __________________ Warning: Anything I post may not make any sense. All advice is for entertainment value only. Sarcasm might be present. Interpret at your own risk.

05-31-2012, 09:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
Anij Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2,087	Wirelessly posted (Blackberry Bold ) Name signs are given (like a gift) by Deaf individuals once someone is involved in the deaf community. Not everyone has one, especially hearing people. Many Deaf who have short or easy to spell names also don't have Name Signs. It's perfectly acceptable (and normal) for an ASL student or hearing person to just fingerspell their name until they are immersed into the Deaf community. Don't worry about Name Signs - just practice ASL and in time a Deaf person will give you a proper name sign that will not only be appropriate, but accepted by the ASL communities __________________ Hoh/Deaf ~ +120db deaf right , mild/mod flux left & APD English & ASL ...PAH!! Ignorance is NOT Bliss

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05-31-2012, 07:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kurt Grimes Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Andalusia Al Posts: 13	yea, i can do neither. i live in a very small town and far away from a deaf comunity, so i have no way of geting a name in Sign Language.

05-31-2012, 07:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kurt Grimes Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Andalusia Al Posts: 13	thanks bunches.

06-01-2012, 09:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
Kurt Grimes Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Andalusia Al Posts: 13	Rolling7 that sounds like fun and a great way to meet people. But I need to know when it is

06-02-2012, 07:23 AM	#14 (permalink)
Reba Granny Terp Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 39,191	What's the big rush to get a sign name? Your name isn't that hard to spell. Besides, until you begin to socialize with a number of deaf people, how often do you need to use your own name? __________________ Tell us the truth about Benghazi!

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Frisky Feline Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 20,239	I am a Deaf chica with no sign name. LOL

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