AW: [sw-l] Obama Sign Name

[Stefan Wöhrmann]

Hi Valerie and friends, 

 

this morning we looked up some facts about President Obama and what a nice
surprise to find this video. Wonderful opportunity to discuss sign names
again --And this lady signs great - we like it 

 

So right now we do know about four different sign-Names from USA and perhaps
a fifth the German broadcast interpreter "invented" (???) 

 

I am curious which of these options will become the widely accepted among
the Deaf in America .. It will take some time to find out - I guess 

 

Here are the options so far 

 



 

 

I know that this spelling is the German style with all our Mouthmovements
that go along with the sign. Can you read the mouth saying “OBAMA”

 

Stefan 

 

 

 

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Valerie Sutton
Gesendet: Freitag, 23. Januar 2009 01:32
An: SignWriting List
Betreff: Re: [sw-l] Obama Sign Name

 

SignWriting List

January 22, 2009

 

On Jan 22, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Peter DeHaas wrote:

 

> http://www.deafvideo.tv/video/watch/33905/

 

 

Wow! Peter this is a wonderful video. A Deaf person, Kirsi Grigg, from  

Gallaudet, gives Barack Obama his "Name Sign" in ASL from the Deaf  

Community...which is an O hand and then a B handshape that moves into  

a partial sign for Flag...

 

Watch the video - I think she describes it beautifully in ASL...

 

And a lot of Deaf responses said they like the sign...

 

So now Peter, can you write this in SignWriting for us? If you have  

time, place it in the ASL Dictionary Puddle online:

 

ASL Dictionary in SignPuddle

http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=4

 

Many thanks for informing us!

 

Val ;-)

 

 

 

____________________________________________

 

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

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/sw-l/attachments/20090123/f63f2c7a/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 15006 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/sw-l/attachments/20090123/f63f2c7a/attachment.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------



____________________________________________

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