Why do they want to learn the dirty words??? Just teach them how to sign "turbocharged" and they won't bother you again.
I'm giving them each hand-drawn pictures of the Manual Alphabet, and teaching them to say "How do you sign..." and demanding that they memorize and perfect both if they want to know anything from them. They must sign the phrase and fingerspell the desired word without speech or any flaws. If I spot even one, I won't tell them, and they only get three chances before I simply say, "No. Three strikes you're out. Try again tomorrow."
Actually, I think that's a great way to accomplish a couple of things.
1) Help them appreciate your language (to a degree, I mean there's only so much you can expect from 'dip-shits' like them)
2)Help them realize that they really are abusing your language. (y'never know.)
I knew a guy who kept asking another guy in my spanish class how to say curse words and other insults in spanish, and he ended up actually wanting to learn useful conversational spanish by the end of the term.
I think you're doin a great job of teaching old dogs new tricks by makin 'em jump through hoops.
Good idea, but how would you sign that? I still have a loooot to learn. :Oops:
That is what I want to know!!! I just fingerspell "turbocharged". I wish there was a sign for "turbocharged".
I have posted this in another thread, but the story is on topic...
Once I had a very mean coworker. He was a cute gay guy. He thought it was hilarious to make fun of me by mouthing nonsense words, whistling loudly into my ha, etc. Get it? He was terrible! Well, I took it. He would often ask how to sign such-and-such and I would show him. Wellllllll, as it so happened... one fateful day he asked me how to sign "pizza".. do any of you know what I taught him??? Yep - his first full sentence..."I like to eat (the dirty word starts with a p and sort of looks like pizza) "
I am a very odd old lady eh?
Yeah, we hearing people can be very ignorant and mean about it.
By the way, are there multiple signs for the "dirty word" that you mentioned. I've seen the initialized sign on the nose (including the one with the "D") as well as the two-handed version that looks a lot like an erection would look like(pardon me, but I didn't know how else to describe it). I was wondering if all of them were correct or if the initialized version was more like Signed English. This question is directed towards anyone who answers, not just you.
Sorry about the awkwardness, I was just extremely curious. :Oops:
You have the wrong idea on what she showed him.
I have posted this in another thread, but the story is on topic...
Once I had a very mean coworker. He was a cute gay guy. He thought it was hilarious to make fun of me by mouthing nonsense words, whistling loudly into my ha, etc. Get it? He was terrible! Well, I took it. He would often ask how to sign such-and-such and I would show him. Wellllllll, as it so happened... one fateful day he asked me how to sign "pizza".. do any of you know what I taught him??? Yep - his first full sentence..."I like to eat (the dirty word starts with a p and sort of looks like pizza) "
I am a very odd old lady eh?
It starts with a "v." (I know the word, but I'm not one for using/writing them. I'm a prude. :P)