How to sign "tatoo" ?

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How do you all sign "tatoo" ?
 
Do you mean tattoo? Umm, for "tattoo" I think I just spell it.

Now I am curious as well.
 
If I'm not spelling that word, what I do is make a form with the thumb and first finger...like your'e gonna sign "write", except you then make a stacatto motion on a part of the anatomy (usually the upper arm) that was tattooed or to the specific area if it's known where.....
 
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Tousi said:
If I'm not spelling that word, what I do is make a form with the thumb and first finger...like your'e gonna sign "write" and then make a stacatto motion on a part of the anatomy (usually the upper arm) that was tattooed or to the specific area if it's known where.....
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i'm same with tousi
 
Silentwolfdog said:
But that sign can be vague if a person did not say the sentence correctly?
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That's true and true for many, many other examples but what is meant always comes through from the content/context of the conversation, right?
 
Tousi said:
If I'm not spelling that word, what I do is make a form with the thumb and first finger...like your'e gonna sign "write", except you then make a stacatto motion on a part of the anatomy (usually the upper arm) that was tattooed or to the specific area if it's known where.....
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That seems familiar.
 
Tousi said:
I saw the sign at the site you provided, Sunshine, thank you BUT it is an UGGGHHHH!!!! sign. Looks like she is saying to sew a shirt sleeve while wearing it! Lol!
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It does look like "sewing".
 
haha .. true but we could use sign dot, dot, dot instead sew

Tousi said:
I saw the sign at the site you provided, Sunshine, thank you BUT it is an UGGGHHHH!!!! sign. Looks like she is saying to sew a shirt sleeve while wearing it! Lol!
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More like someone having a stitch...ouch!

*groans*

Not a picture I want in my head. Curses for being very visual person...lol.
 
Tousi said:
If I'm not spelling that word, what I do is make a form with the thumb and first finger...like your'e gonna sign "write", except you then make a stacatto motion on a part of the anatomy (usually the upper arm) that was tattooed or to the specific area if it's known where.....
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yeaaaah, same sign in Germany ;)
 
I fingerspelled T A T T O O. Some people I noticed they signed like a writing on the forearm.
 
Tousi said:
If I'm not spelling that word, what I do is make a form with the thumb and first finger...like your'e gonna sign "write", except you then make a stacatto motion on a part of the anatomy (usually the upper arm) that was tattooed or to the specific area if it's known where.....
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That's what I would sign that way, too.
 
Tousi said:
If I'm not spelling that word, what I do is make a form with the thumb and first finger...like your'e gonna sign "write", except you then make a stacatto motion on a part of the anatomy (usually the upper arm) that was tattooed or to the specific area if it's known where.....
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I've always signed it this way.
 
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