temporary name sign?

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Hello! I have an odd question. I am learning and teaching my 4 month old son ASL as a second language. We don't currently know anyone in the Deaf community, though when he's older we plan to find a group to help him learn. Would it be okay for us to come up with a name sign for him just to use around family? His name starts with an R, and when he cries it sounds like (that's the part where it would be innapropriate for someone who is Deaf) he is saying "Hey! Hey! Hey!". So we though the letter R moving away from the forehead like the sign for Hi. Is that already a sign? Of course, when meeting someone new, we would teach him to fingerspell his name until he is given a name sign. Thank you for your patience with us newbies! :)
 
My hearing friends give people or places name signs allll the time. I'm late deafened so I identify as an "oddball" and my opinion is biased and my own, but I'd always rather have friends who can get their point across instead of ones who stick to the rules and cultural norms. I don't think there's a problem with giving your son a name sign, but make sure as he grows old enough to understand keep him aware of the culture to compliment his knowledge of the language.
 
I don't have a name sign, I just finger spell my name mainly because ASL is more dead where I live than Latin (No joke, Latin is seriously used more here than ASL).
 
when i been in social setting it was my thick framed black spec.usually some descriptive thing about you but these days it my name c and z i answer to most anything as i face on to people it not matter
 
Saavik said:
I don't have a name sign, I just finger spell my name mainly because ASL is more dead where I live than Latin (No joke, Latin is seriously used more here than ASL).
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What's going on in Virginia? Who's using Latin over ASL?
 
Tousi said:
Strange, huh?
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I just remembered something.....off the coast of Virginia, there's an island on which are a group of people (from Cornwall or some such place) who have been there for a very long time and just about all of them speak another language. Maybe it was/is Latin.....:dunno:
 
Reba said:
What's going on in Virginia? Who's using Latin over ASL?
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That place commonly called the catholic church. Despite giving services mostly in the common vernacular, they still do have services in Latin. I have yet to see anyone else sign in my area of the state.
 
So does that mean I wouldn't be completely rude to give my son a "nickname"? There are nicknames I have that only my mother is allowed to call me :giggle:
 
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