society's_child

I've checked ASL Pro and both my asl dictionaries with no mention from either..perhaps they are just fingerspelled?

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Tousi

That's what I do.....

Almyra

I don't think I have ever seen a sign for titles, nor were they spelled. When I was in elementary the houseparents were called Title FirstName. The kids who could talk said Title FirstName, the kids who did not talk did not know of this courtesy and they just said FirstName.

The teachers (they were all hearing at that time) had name signs with letter of the Last Name. We were all expected to say outloud Title LastName.

society's_child

Is that so? Interesting.. Thanks alot.

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Deaf Mortgage

Always establish respect of an individual by saying their formal title. Mr. First Last Name. Then if have sign name, from there use it.

If you are trying to teach young children to develop awareness, then emphasize it more Mr. Last name or whatever is requested by an individual.

That how I was taught growing up. It apply as finger spell first full name then given sign name.

AmyJ

There are SEE signs for these

Mr. is an M on the side of the forehead (like placement for boy) and it moves forward and off the head becoming an R

Sir is is the same, starting with an 's'

Miss or Ms. is an M on the right cheek (like the sign for girl) and moves forward.

Mrs. is the same but becomes an 's' as it moves off the cheek.

My kids always use these to address their elders.

shel90

I taught my 3rd graders the concept of Mr, Mrs. and Miss last year...I fingerspelled it. Important that they understood and use it when writing letters to teachers, eldery or when appropriate.

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jillio

I fingerspell it. I don't ever recall having seen it done any other way in the deaf community.

Hustler

Hey there and welcome to the site

Edit: Sorry I thought this was in the intro forums

Yes, I would just finger spell it as well

iaskedalice09

In my school it is firstname-lastname but I just use their sign name. If I talk I will usually say their first name or last name. If they REALLY want it, I will put for the effort required for Mr/Mrs...why don't hearies realise it is HARD for us to say them (specially Mrs for me)?

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deafskeptic

Ditto for first names. A lot of hearies get offended when you mispronce their names. My MSSD audiologist had a hard time understanding why deaf don't get offended if their friends can't their names correctly. She used to get offended cuz I couldn't pronounce her name correctly. I remember it took me a long time to say the name Elizabeth correctly.

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SunshineCA

I too was taught this way. i was told to tap forehead and FS M-R for male and to tap cheek and FS M-I-S-S, M-R-S or M-I-S-S accordingly. I've done this so long that it has become second nature.

However, when interpreting in a school setting, I show the kids my sign name. That's usually accepted without the Ms. or Mrs.

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