Name Sign for Barack Obama?

[Kimberley Shaw]

Hello Shane and all:
as I was gabbing in ASL with a Deaf friend on this morning's commute,
he suggested that the "4-handshape-towards-viewer" might refer to the
fact that Obama happens to be rather good-looking! (i.e. handshape
borrowed from the ASL sign for "beautiful" merged with the ASL "B").
And my friend also taught me a third namesign for Obama, which we've
been using in Boston. I've now added it to the ASL puddle, as I an not
remembering how to add it as a .png to my email, the way other folks
are, grr.
When I go to ASL class tonight, it'll be fun to ask around and see
what other signs people in my area have been using for him!
Best,
Kim from Boston



On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Shane Gilchrist
<shane.gilchrist.oheorpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Kim,
>
> it can be either a 4 or a B - my interpreter today talked about Obama and
> she used the tight B handshape :-)
>
> And yes it has to be signed towards the signer - strange eh?
>
> Shane
>
> 2008/11/6 Kimberley Shaw <skifoot at gmail.com>
>>
>> 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;-)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ____________________________________________
>> >>
>> >> SW-L SignWriting List
>> >>
>> >> Post Message
>> >> SW-L at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>> >>
>> >> List Archives and Help
>> >> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
>> >>
>> >> Change Email Settings
>> >> http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ____________________________________________
>> >>
>> >> SW-L SignWriting List
>> >>
>> >> Post Message
>> >> SW-L at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>> >>
>> >> List Archives and Help
>> >> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
>> >>
>> >> Change Email Settings
>> >> http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________________________________________
>>
>> SW-L SignWriting List
>>
>> Post Message
>> SW-L at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>
>> List Archives and Help
>> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
>>
>> Change Email Settings
>> http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________
>
> SW-L SignWriting List
>
> Post Message
> SW-L at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>
> List Archives and Help
> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
>
> Change Email Settings
> http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l
>




____________________________________________

SW-L SignWriting List

Post Message
SW-L at majordomo.valenciacc.edu

List Archives and Help
http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/

Change Email Settings
http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l