I will assume that "Alison" is someone's name. With names most often it is fingerspelled. However Alison might want to come up with her own unique "sign name". In Deaf culture and sign language, a sign name is a special sign that is used to uniquely identify a person, just like a name. There are some special cultural rules around sign names; for example, they must be given to you by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing person (someone who is in the Deaf community). This ensures that no one else in the community already has the same sign name, or that the same sign does not have a different meaning. Until a person receives a sign name, the person's name is usually fingerspelled.[1]
You can't speak sign language but you can "sign".
In American Sign Language, you can sign "WHEN YOU BORN?" to ask someone when they were born.
To sign "Are you happy?" in American Sign Language, you would sign: YOU HAPPY? with raised eyebrows.
You make an I in sign language and then point to your head and then nod.
In American Sign Language (ASL), you can sign "I know" by pointing to your head with your index finger.
You can't speak sign language but you can "sign".
In American Sign Language, you can sign "WHEN YOU BORN?" to ask someone when they were born.
To sign "Are you happy?" in American Sign Language, you would sign: YOU HAPPY? with raised eyebrows.
You sign it.
You make an I in sign language and then point to your head and then nod.
In American Sign Language (ASL), you can sign "I know" by pointing to your head with your index finger.
You can't really say it, can you?
A sign language teacher. That's what my students call me.
In American Sign Language (ASL), you can sign "emo" by fingerspelling the letters E-M-O.
To sign "Are you mad at me?" in American Sign Language, you would sign: "YOU MAD ME?" while raising your eyebrows and looking concerned.
The local girls use the sign for 3 then the sign for light.
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