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Old 08-18-2009, 05:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Why is Starbucks' sign the way it is?
Hi, I've been wondering... why is the sign for Starbucks the way it is? To crudely describe it, it's the middle fingers flicking each other. I'd imagine it had something with holding two cappuccino shots, one per hand, and and the caffeine jitters causing the middle fingers to twitch. I don't know...
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
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from what my deaf friends told me - it's because of the logo

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Old 08-18-2009, 06:35 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Is the sign like "HATE" or "AWFUL" only the hands are flicking towards each other?
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Is the sign like "HATE" or "AWFUL" only the hands are flicking towards each other?
not to each other. both "hate" and "awful" flicks away from your chest at same time - same direction. I use one-hand for that.

Starbuck sign flicks at each other (or between your head)
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Old 08-18-2009, 07:03 PM   #5 (permalink)
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from what my deaf friends told me - it's because of the logo
The logo? hmm... I've been staring cross-eyed at the logo for a while, as if it were a stereogram. I still can't see how they derived the sign from it. I even read the article on the historical perspective of the Starbucks logo, it's an interesting read. Still, no clue on why the sign is the way it is. Anyway, it's interesting to ponder it. I'll keep staring at the logo and see if it'll come to me!
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Old 08-18-2009, 07:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
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The logo? hmm... I've been staring cross-eyed at the logo for a while, as if it were a stereogram. I still can't see how they derived the sign from it. I even read the article on the historical perspective of the Starbucks logo, it's an interesting read. Still, no clue on why the sign is the way it is. Anyway, it's interesting to ponder it. I'll keep staring at the logo and see if it'll come to me!
lol I had same thought when I asked what was the sign for Starbucks. It's what my Seattle friends told me lol
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not to each other. both "hate" and "awful" flicks away from your chest at same time - same direction. I use one-hand for that.

Starbuck sign flicks at each other (or between your head)
Your description of the sign is correct
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anyone who is willing to circle on it to show because i couldnt see anything in the logo.
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anyone who is willing to circle on it to show because i couldnt see anything in the logo.
What do you sign for Starbucks? Some people have different signs for McDonald so I guess it depends on where you are in USA for the sign of Starbucks.
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Here you go....(correct me if I am wrong)

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anyone who is willing to circle on it to show because i couldnt see anything in the logo.

Don't feel bad because it do not see it either.

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What do you sign for Starbucks? Some people have different signs for McDonald so I guess it depends on where you are in USA for the sign of Starbucks.
I use the M letter and sign in the mcdonald's logo syntax.
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Don't feel bad because it do not see it either.



either one. I'm not sure. Seq - get in here and educate us!
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I use the M letter and sign in the mcdonald's logo syntax.

I do that... I also just sign M.D. on the corner of my lips. As you would for food.
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Here you go....(correct me if I am wrong)
I can't! I don't know what's right!

Now, I'm imaging flicking the crown off the top of her head when I do the sign. Or perhaps it's the mermaid tails (she has two tails, that's what those things are on the sides - tails) flicking each other when she tries to swim.
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either one. I'm not sure. Seq - get in here and educate us!
I agree.
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I do that... I also just sign M.D. on the corner of my lips. As you would for food.
Everyone has different signs, eh?
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I use the M letter and sign in the mcdonald's logo syntax.
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I do that... I also just sign M.D. on the corner of my lips. As you would for food.
I just sign the way Ronald McDonald did



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I just sign the way Ronald McDonald did
what sign do you use?
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Everyone has different signs, eh?

I have only seen it the way you described it and I. Those are the only two signs I have seen, for McDonalds.

On the Starbuck Logo. I think of a mermaid. LOL
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I can't! I don't know what's right!

Now, I'm imaging flicking the crown off the top of her head when I do the sign. Or perhaps it's the mermaid tails (she has two tails, that's what those things are on the sides - tails) flicking each other when she tries to swim.
How do you sign it? Sometimes I sign "S" and "B" while saying - Starbucks at same time.
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sometimes the way Ronald McDonald does in commercial. sometimes M-D
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Educate me, because I do not know the official sign for Starbucks.

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sometimes the way Ronald McDonald does in commercial. sometimes M-D


He does it with the Index fingers Bringing them out to air the Letter M..



Guess that'll work too.
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Guess that'll work too.
yep!
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This is the sign I use for McDonald's (yes, I just made the video at work )
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This is the sign I use for McDonald's (yes, I just made the video at work )

Awesome!


What is your sign For Starbucks?
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What is your sign For Starbucks?
Here you go.

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Now I see what the OP is talking about.


With the Flicking of the middle finger.. I was thinking it was about the Logo itself.
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Now I see what the OP is talking about.


With the Flicking of the middle finger.. I was thinking it was about the Logo itself.
Glad the video helped!
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