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Southern · 12-29-2006, 12:03 PM

What is the sign for "hang out" as in i like to hang out with my friends?? Thnx

***VamPyroX*** · 12-29-2006, 12:29 PM

I don't know. That's a word I don't often see used among the deaf community except in text such as email or AIM.

Southern · 12-29-2006, 02:44 PM

well what would you say in that instance? Visit??? seems a little formal.

shel90 · 12-29-2006, 02:58 PM

There is a sign for it...I will try my best...2 hands...both index fingers in an "X" shape..enterwine them and starting ...aaaahhh I cant do it!!! Someone help me!!! LOL!

Tousi · 12-29-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by shel90

There is a sign for it...I will try my best...2 hands...both index fingers in an "X" shape..enterwine them and starting ...aaaahhh I cant do it!!! Someone help me!!! LOL!

I get what Shel's saying....ya sign like your'e saying the word, "hanger" and then the word, "around".

Sunshine1 · 12-29-2006, 03:23 PM

I will try my best to describe what I would do as "hung around". With one thumb up and other thumb down both go circle around with each thumb opposite direction. Does that make sense?

Just found the link show a video for this.

ASL Browser

Click "S" then click "socialize" Hope that's help what you're seeking.

mecooncat · 12-29-2006, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine1

I will try my best to describe what I would do as "hung around". With one thumb up and other thumb down both go circle around with each thumb opposite direction. Does that make sense?

Just found the link show a video for this.

ASL Browser

Click "S" then click "socialize" Hope that's help what you're seeking.

Wow,that's great. Now I can learn more. I only know very little ASL. I just bookmarked it.

Kuifje75 · 12-29-2006, 07:26 PM

my version of "hang around" is similar to the "socialise" sign in that given link, however, I use open "5" hands instead of "A" for hanging around.

Eneles · 12-30-2006, 10:44 AM

Lacking a good ASL equivalent for the English idiom "hang out," I've tended to sign "chat" in conversation, as in: "I enjoy chatting with friends." (You can find the sign for "chat" in the ASL browser, though the woman's sign seems exaggerated and a lot bigger than I tend to see "chat" signed in actual conversation.)

I figure that when I "hang out" with friends, mostly we're chatting anyhow -- though I'm a rather talkative person, so this may work more aptly for me than for others. Someone with stronger ASL skills can perhaps correct me if this is an inappropriate or inaccurate substitution.

Reba · 12-30-2006, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kuifje75

my version of "hang around" is similar to the "socialise" sign in that given link, however, I use open "5" hands instead of "A" for hanging around.

Yes, I use the open hands for group socializing, and the "A" hands for one-on-one socializing.

I also use the "25" hands for very casual socializing that includes going out. That is, not just hanging out at someone's crib but going to a mall and cruising (for example).

Facial and body language also emphasize the difference between "socializing" at a church pot luck dinner, and with teen friends at the video games in the mall.

Hear Again · 12-30-2006, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

I also use the "25" hands for very casual socializing that includes going out. That is, not just hanging out at someone's crib but going to a mall and cruising (for example).

Reba,

Can you explain what you mean by 'using "25" hands'? I've never learned this sign before, so I don't know what you mean.

Reba · 12-30-2006, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Hear Again

Reba,

Can you explain what you mean by 'using "25" hands'? I've never learned this sign before, so I don't know what you mean.

That is the handshape that you use when signing the number "25". It is a modified "5" hand. The middle finger bends in toward the palm.

When using this handshape for "hangin' out", the dominant hand will have palm orientation down, and the non-dominant hand will palm up. The two middle fingers kind of orbit around each other without touching. It's the same motion as your "A" handshape sign, except with a different handshape.

Ergh, it's frustrating trying to describe signs without visuals.

Sometimes that handshape is called the "sensitive" shape. It's used for "feeling" signs such as "LIKE", "PREFER", "EXCITE", "HEART", and "HATE".

Hear Again · 12-30-2006, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

That is the handshape that you use when signing the number "25". It is a modified "5" hand. The middle finger bends in toward the palm.

When using this handshape for "hangin' out", the dominant hand will have palm orientation down, and the non-dominant hand will palm up. The two middle fingers kind of orbit around each other without touching. It's the same motion as your "A" handshape sign, except with a different handshape.

Ergh, it's frustrating trying to describe signs without visuals.

Sometimes that handshape is called the "sensitive" shape. It's used for "feeling" signs such as "LIKE", "PREFER", "EXCITE", "HEART", and "HATE".

Reba,

Okay, now I understand. Thanks for the explanation! Yes, I know exactly what you mean about the difficulty of describing signs without visuals. When I learned tactile sign, my sign language instructor had to let me feel each sign so I could learn how to make it on my own and recognize it receptively. Sometimes it wasn't easy! To make things a little easier, she gave me written descriptions of each sign (in Braille) so that I could use that as a reference if I forgot how a particular sign was made. (These written descriptions also help sighted people who are learning sign.) I still have those descriptions after 11 years -- although I'm sure some signs have changed since then.

Reba · 12-30-2006, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Hear Again

Reba,

Okay, now I understand. Thanks for the explanation! Yes, I know exactly what you mean about the difficulty of describing signs without visuals. When I learned tactile sign, my sign language instructor had to let me feel each sign so I could learn how to make it on my own and recognize it receptively. Sometimes it wasn't easy! To make things a little easier, she gave me written descriptions of each sign (in Braille) so that I could use that as a reference if I forgot how a particular sign was made. (These written descriptions also help sighted people who are learning sign.) I still have those descriptions after 11 years -- although I'm sure some signs have changed since then.

Unfortunately, I can't demonstrate the signs tactilely thru AllDeaf posts. Our technology is not yet that advanced.

Thanks for your patience with my awkward descriptions.

KimmiKat · 12-30-2006, 08:42 PM

Time to bug vBulletin (the mboard's software) to add those in!

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Originally Posted by Reba

Unfortunately, I can't demonstrate the signs tactilely thru AllDeaf posts. Our technology is not yet that advanced.

Thanks for your patience with my awkward descriptions.

Hear Again · 12-30-2006, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by KimmiKat

Time to bug vBulletin (the mboard's software) to add those in!

LOL!

Hear Again · 12-30-2006, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

Unfortunately, I can't demonstrate the signs tactilely thru AllDeaf posts. Our technology is not yet that advanced.

Thanks for your patience with my awkward descriptions.

No problem! Your descriptions were very easy to understand.

Reba · 12-30-2006, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by KimmiKat

Time to bug vBulletin (the mboard's software) to add those in!

Absolutely!

Hear Again · 12-30-2006, 10:40 PM

If something like that ever became reality, that would be awesome!

Interpretrator · 12-31-2006, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Reba

That is the handshape that you use when signing the number "25"....Sometimes that handshape is called the "sensitive" shape.

I admit I didn't understand the "25 shape" either as I've only heard it referred to as the "open 8" handshape. That's how it's listed in the ASL Handshape Dictionary. Yet another reminder that there is never only one way to say, sign, or reference anything relating to ASL.

Reba · 12-31-2006, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Interpretrator

I admit I didn't understand the "25 shape" either as I've only heard it referred to as the "open 8" handshape. That's how it's listed in the ASL Handshape Dictionary. Yet another reminder that there is never only one way to say, sign, or reference anything relating to ASL.

Originally (years ago) I learned it as the "sensitive" hand shape.

I recently read a book, Hand Jive, that described it as the "25" handshape. I figured I was just behind the times.

Southern · 01-05-2007, 10:39 AM

A friend just last night told me he signs "hang" and then "out" but his sister who is also Deaf didn't like that. He likes "socialize" better but she is older so that may have something to do with it.

Reba · 01-05-2007, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Southern

A friend just last night told me he signs "hang" and then "out" but his sister who is also Deaf didn't like that. He likes "socialize" better but she is older so that may have something to do with it.

I've not seen it signed that way. Maybe that's a local sign.

Friends "hanging out" aren't necessarily going "out" somewhere. They can "hang out" in someone's house or dorm room. Example: "My friends came over to my place, and we just hung out for a few hours."

I think the concept is more about relaxing and socializing with friends, with no particular goal.

Similar word concept is "chill".

Slang

1. To calm down or relax. Often used with "out".
2. To pass time idly; loiter. Often used with "out".
3. To keep company; see socially. Often used with "out".

Sometimes the phrase has a negative connotation:

"He picked up his bad habits from hanging out with losers."

12-29-2006, 12:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Southern Southern Boi Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 646	Quick and easy What is the sign for "hang out" as in i like to hang out with my friends?? Thnx __________________ He thinks my tractor's sexy

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*VamPyroX* bloody phreak from hell Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hell Posts: 27,867	I don't know. That's a word I don't often see used among the deaf community except in text such as email or AIM. __________________ Check out my city... CLICK HERE! (If you already visited yesterday, visit again today!)

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Southern Southern Boi Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 646	well what would you say in that instance? Visit??? seems a little formal. __________________ He thinks my tractor's sexy

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Kuifje75 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 431	my version of "hang around" is similar to the "socialise" sign in that given link, however, I use open "5" hands instead of "A" for hanging around. __________________ Megvan a repülőjegyem, az útlevelem, kész vagyok az útazásra.

12-30-2006, 10:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
Eneles my own synecdoche Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Room 19 Posts: 22	Lacking a good ASL equivalent for the English idiom "hang out," I've tended to sign "chat" in conversation, as in: "I enjoy chatting with friends." (You can find the sign for "chat" in the ASL browser, though the woman's sign seems exaggerated and a lot bigger than I tend to see "chat" signed in actual conversation.) I figure that when I "hang out" with friends, mostly we're chatting anyhow -- though I'm a rather talkative person, so this may work more aptly for me than for others. Someone with stronger ASL skills can perhaps correct me if this is an inappropriate or inaccurate substitution.

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01-05-2007, 10:39 AM	#22 (permalink)
Southern Southern Boi Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 646	A friend just last night told me he signs "hang" and then "out" but his sister who is also Deaf didn't like that. He likes "socialize" better but she is older so that may have something to do with it. __________________ He thinks my tractor's sexy

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