Comments on: New ASL sign name! http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/ The world, us and I... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:12:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: name http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-1386 name Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:21:32 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-1386 Good day!, Good day!,

]]> By: CJ http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-1100 CJ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:39:26 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-1100 NOT new!!! For 20+ years I have worked in and around D/HH who 'invent' sign names from personal preferences or hobbies. You see it more with teens (typical of age for trying new things). By the time they are adults, they have settled on one sign name. General rule of thumb is to avoid areas on the body that tend to be used for derrogatory signs or could be confused for something derrogatory. Other than that, no binding rules. NOT new!!! For 20+ years I have worked in and around D/HH who ‘invent’ sign names from personal preferences or hobbies. You see it more with teens (typical of age for trying new things). By the time they are adults, they have settled on one sign name. General rule of thumb is to avoid areas on the body that tend to be used for derrogatory signs or could be confused for something derrogatory. Other than that, no binding rules.

]]> By: Narbor http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-933 Narbor Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:38:20 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-933 I like your idea but I would rather not change my sign name. It would be good for a person who doesn't have their sign name. By the way, I always love listen your opinion ! Good Job, T! I like your idea but I would rather not change my sign name. It would be good for a person who doesn’t have their sign name. By the way, I always love listen your opinion ! Good Job, T!

]]> By: Dustry http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-931 Dustry Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:02:24 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-931 Creative sign names are so interesting! But aren't there specific grammatical rules to follow? This is why I ask: A friend of mine was given a sign name by her boyfriend and the sign was very similar to any of the standard forms you show in your vlog (it is the "m" hand-shape curling down from the forehead). However, when our ASL professor saw it she told us it wasn't correct. We asked why, but we didn't get a clear answer. I have also browsed a book on the topic, but that did not provide any information that I didn't already know. And when I show other people the sign they say it looks fine. So, are there rules for sign names that must be followed or not? Cheers. Creative sign names are so interesting!

But aren’t there specific grammatical rules to follow?

This is why I ask:

A friend of mine was given a sign name by her boyfriend and the sign was very similar to any of the standard forms you show in your vlog (it is the “m” hand-shape curling down from the forehead). However, when our ASL professor saw it she told us it wasn’t correct. We asked why, but we didn’t get a clear answer. I have also browsed a book on the topic, but that did not provide any information that I didn’t already know. And when I show other people the sign they say it looks fine.

So, are there rules for sign names that must be followed or not?

Cheers.

]]> By: Bre http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-897 Bre Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:25:41 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-897 Hi i am learing asl in my school and we have deaf kids there and that is how they came up with my sign name. the person that gave it to me said that i make him laugh and my name starts with a "B" so that is how he meade mine. but that is a good ideal. Hi i am learing asl in my school and we have deaf kids there and that is how they came up with my sign name. the person that gave it to me said that i make him laugh and my name starts with a “B” so that is how he meade mine. but that is a good ideal.

]]> By: tar2006 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-861 tar2006 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:57:32 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-861 Thank you everyone for sharing their opinion! =-) Terri Watts, I totally understand that you disagreed with me. I could like you to make vlog and explain your reason why you disagreed? Hmmm.. =-) Good story... Peep!!! I'm sure that I learned something new from you guys.. Thank you everyone for sharing their opinion! =-)
Terri Watts, I totally understand that you disagreed with me.

I could like you to make vlog and explain your reason why you disagreed? Hmmm.. =-)

Good story… Peep!!! I’m sure that I learned something new from you guys..

]]> By: "Y" http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-854 "Y" Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:13:45 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-854 hi, I am a newbie here... My name already had changed when I moved to USA. I won't let it changing again. I aleady had my orginal name by my homeland schoolmates which I disliked to be called. (It was a part of insulting like a mouse teeth naming for my front misshaped teeth. That's what my deaf people in the country, always call another deaf person like crippled leg, arm or bad facisal a name, or for an example "moneky mouth sign". It is too personalize insulting). I told some of my american friends that I have no name in the ASL.. They gave me a new name signing "Y" as "yoyo" or "oic" to fit my character. One problem is that if my name is changed again, it won't familiar to my homeland or american friends in conversation. Once a person gets an orgnial name by parents or friends giving. Leave names alone, you should know the ASL rules are a RULE!. Thank you. "Y" hi, I am a newbie here… My name already had changed when I moved to USA. I won’t let it changing again. I aleady had my orginal name by my homeland schoolmates which I disliked to be called. (It was a part of insulting like a mouse teeth naming for my front misshaped teeth. That’s what my deaf people in the country, always call another deaf person like crippled leg, arm or bad facisal a name, or for an example “moneky mouth sign”. It is too personalize insulting). I told some of my american friends that I have no name in the ASL.. They gave me a new name signing “Y” as “yoyo” or “oic” to fit my character. One problem is that if my name is changed again, it won’t familiar to my homeland or american friends in conversation. Once a person gets an orgnial name by parents or friends giving. Leave names alone, you should know the ASL rules are a RULE!.
Thank you.

“Y”

]]> By: B.A.D. http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-853 B.A.D. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:47:30 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-853 PS: Great idea for Oscar - you got it! Will use your name around for "O" as snake sign :-) PS: Great idea for Oscar - you got it! Will use your name around for “O” as snake sign :-)

]]> By: Geta http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-852 Geta Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:47:16 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-852 I recommend The Book of Name Signs: Naming in American Sign Language by Samuel Supalla. It's an interesting little book on name signs with concepts about them I wasn't aware of before. One such concept is that essentially handshape on "traditional" specific locations around body are "proper names" such as Frank, William etc. Making up obscure or some unusual name signs are unconsciously seen as "silly" and may not be taken as seriously. It IS easier to take seriously someone named Frank rather than a Frankie or Frankie-boy eh? CJ- Supalla mentions the very same thing you did when two persons with the name signs show up in a social setting. You followed pretty proper ASL rules, cool.. I recommend The Book of Name Signs: Naming in American Sign Language by Samuel Supalla. It’s an interesting little book on name signs with concepts about them I wasn’t aware of before. One such concept is that essentially handshape on “traditional” specific locations around body are “proper names” such as Frank, William etc. Making up obscure or some unusual name signs are unconsciously seen as “silly” and may not be taken as seriously.

It IS easier to take seriously someone named Frank rather than a Frankie or Frankie-boy eh?

CJ- Supalla mentions the very same thing you did when two persons with the name signs show up in a social setting. You followed pretty proper ASL rules, cool..

]]> By: B.A.D. http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-851 B.A.D. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:46:47 +0000 http://tar2006.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/new-asl-sign-name/#comment-851 I think keep both??? Use your old signs for your friends that KNOWS you. New sign for people that don't know you, new to us, like DeafRead, use that NEW sign?? Mine is the same, for years, "B" - for sign "B" with "hit" (Softball, as I've played for YEARS). I think keep both??? Use your old signs for your friends that KNOWS you.
New sign for people that don’t know you, new to us, like DeafRead, use that NEW sign??

Mine is the same, for years, “B” - for sign “B” with “hit” (Softball, as I’ve played for YEARS).

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