I, a hearing person, gave some one a sign name. hhhssss I know. Let me preface this by saying I give hearing people new names all the time. Whether I like them or not usually I give some one a new name. One friend I named Tantalacia because she is so tantalizing. LOL one woman I named Scratchy McWindycheeks. I didn’t like her. She would stand over you and scratch her head and her dandruff would fall on you, even when you are eating. And the McWindycheeks well she was complaining to some one at their desk and farted in the persons desk, didn’t say excuse me and just continued to talk. Anyway this is part of my personality and people sometimes get jealous if they have known me for a while and I haven’t given them a name. Anyway so there was this hearing person a deaf friend of mine and I did not like. I got tired of spelling his name out so I told my friend when I talk about him this is what I will sign for his name. Sign for stupid but turning into a “T” at the end. My friend died laughing. He said only, and then we sign at the same time, “Deaf people are supposed to give sign names”. I know I know. My friend said, “but I LOVE the sign name it is so him! We are keeping it” I said I know it fits!!!!! Sorry to break the rule but changing people’s names is what I have done for years, and I have only done it with this particularly stupid person so I got a pass with my friend. =)
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its not like the deaf police are going to show up and bust you. the "rules" aren't rules so much as "taboo".
that was more of a "burn" than a sign name, if i read it right. the guy isn't going to go around and proudly display his new sign name, its more a name for you and your buddy to use to refer to him.
i do it all the time, i make up signs, i change deaf signnames when i wanna throw a dig thier way, and break prolly every other "rule" there is.
if it was a friend, and he really needed a sign name, that he would use. and when he met deaf in the future would use it, then it would mean more coming from a deafie.
that was more of a "burn" than a sign name, if i read it right. the guy isn't going to go around and proudly display his new sign name, its more a name for you and your buddy to use to refer to him.
i do it all the time, i make up signs, i change deaf signnames when i wanna throw a dig thier way, and break prolly every other "rule" there is.
if it was a friend, and he really needed a sign name, that he would use. and when he met deaf in the future would use it, then it would mean more coming from a deafie.
You’re right, it was a burn rather than, “and this is your name from now on”. This is a person we don’t associate with anymore but see on occasion. I see it more as a nickname like what I give to other people rather than an actual “name”. There is a security guard for my building at work. He has to be 900 years old. He has no teeth and doesn’t wear dentures. He is not an imposing man, but he is grumpy and always has an attitude. I named him “teeth”. That is what everyone calls him now. Another guy is so tall broad shouldered thick strong man. I named him “Brawny paper towels” because he is just…. Brawny, chiseled facial features. Every calls him that now. The name I gave this guy is a definite dig (sign for stupid ending in “T” since that is the first letter of his name) and it isn’t something we would use for serious conversation. This is my personality and I am not going to loose my personality because some one might get offended over something simple like that. It isn’t like a gave a hearie who is learning sign a sign name.
i have actually done that, as a joke only. i know its mean but oh well haha.
i work at a deaf school, and we had a new guy come to work, didn't know any sign. he needed a sign name, his initials being J.C. this got my evil mind working so i told him his sign name would be "J" over his left shoulder, then "C" diagonal across his chest...the sign for "christ"
it lasted all of 5 minutes when another hearie in the room foiled my plans...grr.
i work at a deaf school, and we had a new guy come to work, didn't know any sign. he needed a sign name, his initials being J.C. this got my evil mind working so i told him his sign name would be "J" over his left shoulder, then "C" diagonal across his chest...the sign for "christ"
it lasted all of 5 minutes when another hearie in the room foiled my plans...grr.
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LOL! My friend and I did the same thing to a client we knew while in training at our local deafblind center. Since this person thought he knew *everything* and constantly signed to his wife while other deafblind or hearing people were talking (such as a group discussion), we "affectionately" gave him the name sign for "king" only we replaced the "k" with a "T" (the first initial of his name).
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I gave my fiancé his sign name, but consulted with my teacher (an old-school CODA) beforehand. He doesn't socialize with deaf people so it was more a convenience for me to be able to talk about him without fingerspelling his name all the time.