New Signers' Funny Mistakes

chris' mom said:
Isn't work signed by placing your right wrist on top of your left arm?
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that's exactly the way i learned it in 1995. the only boo-boo i made was placing my dominant left wrist above my right wrist proceeding to move in a front and back motion. <embarrassed>
 
Hear Again said:
that's exactly the way i learned it in 1995. the only boo-boo i made was placing my dominant left wrist above my right wrist proceeding to move in a front and back motion. <embarrassed>
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oops. The lady that is teaching us told us to be careful when you sign chewing gum. She was somewhere were a hearing lady tried to sign to a deaf guy if he wanted a piece of gum. She never told me what she actually signed but it was embarrassing for all.
 
Once when I was signing with someone she signed BUG with a bit too much excitement. <laughs>
 
chris' mom said:
oops. The lady that is teaching us told us to be careful when you sign chewing gum. She was somewhere were a hearing lady tried to sign to a deaf guy if he wanted a piece of gum. She never told me what she actually signed but it was embarrassing for all.
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it was sex... yes... embarrassing.
 
Hear Again said:
i don't understand, nika. <confused>
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If you sign BUG with a more excitement, and with some body movement, it means ORGASM. BUG is signed with a bent V/double X handshape on the nose. ORGASM is signed the same way except with facial expression and swaying of the hips to indicate sexual connotations.
 
Nika said:
If you sign BUG with a more excitement, and with some body movement, it means ORGASM. BUG is signed with a bent V/double X handshape on the nose. ORGASM is signed the same way except with facial expression and swaying of the hips to indicate sexual connotations.
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Wow... you learn something new every day.
 
:hmm: I learned a different sign for orgasm. Somehow, I don't think it was wrong. Again, the dirty minds of the general population probably contributing to the wide variety of sex-related signs, their desire to see sex in everything anybody says.
 
Lots of times when I sign things that are not at all related to sex, hearing folks take it to mean something sexual. Signs like PARTICIPATE/JOIN IN, ASSIGN, CHOOSE. They always seem to think I'm signing the act itself.
 
Nika said:
Lots of times when I sign things that are not at all related to sex, hearing folks take it to mean something sexual. Signs like PARTICIPATE/JOIN IN, ASSIGN, CHOOSE. They always seem to think I'm signing the act itself.
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My family does that too, they always think i am cursing, or signing dirty words.
 
Nika said:
If you sign BUG with a more excitement, and with some body movement, it means ORGASM. BUG is signed with a bent V/double X handshape on the nose. ORGASM is signed the same way except with facial expression and swaying of the hips to indicate sexual connotations.
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i've never seen the sign for "orgasm," so no wonder i was confused.
 
There are so many signs for profanity. I know 5 different signs for A**HOLE.
 
O handshape on forehead
OK on the chest
O handshape in the air signed emphatically, used as a classifier
F handshape in the air signed emphatically, used as a classifier
A handshape brought up into O handshape, indicating something going up the anus
 
Nika said:
O handshape on forehead
OK on the chest
O handshape in the air signed emphatically, used as a classifier
F handshape in the air signed emphatically, used as a classifier
A handshape brought up into O handshape, indicating something going up the anus
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i take that back. i know 3:

1. o handshape on forehead
2. o handshape in the air signed emphatically
3. f handshape in the air signed emphatically
 
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