Name Sign for Barack Obama?

[Kimberley Shaw]

Hi all:
any reason why the 2nd handshape in the 1st sign is looking more like
an ASL "4" rather than a "B"?
Am also surprised that it faces the signer rather than the viewer ...
Yes, I'm a nitpicker.
Best,
Kim from Boston

On 11/5/08, Shane Gilchrist <shane.gilchrist.oheorpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Stefan,
>
> following the ASL culture, i ll say the first sign is in much use (in fact
> my ASL interpreters in Amsterdam tend to use it)
>
> I noticed on youtube and other sites that a majority of ASL deafies tend to
> use O+B but in a very sharp movement.
>
> Shane
>
> 2008/11/6 Charles Butler <chazzer3332000 at yahoo.com>
>
>> Well, the first would be simply O+B, the second is O+Change, a very
>> interesting assessment.
>>
>> Charles Butler
>>
>>
>>
>> *Stefan Wöhrmann <stefanwoehrmann at googlemail.com>* wrote:
>>
>>  Hi sw-list,
>>
>> watching the news with DGS interpreter i remembered that I asked for the
>> name sign of Barack Obama – do you remember –smile?
>>
>> Well what I could find on my google –search and looking at you tube
>> –videos
>> are two different variations.
>>
>> attached you find variation 1 and 2 – can you read the  mouth – symbols –
>> smile?
>>
>> I am curious does anybody know more about that?
>>
>> Stefan;-)
>>
>>
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