ASL sign for your GLO?

[naraht]

What do you use as the American Sign Language sign for your fraternity or sorority. Do you
* finger spell the fraternity/Sorority name like 'D-E-L-T-A-Z-E-T-A'
* finger spell a shorter nickname 'P-I-K-A-P' or 'D-Z'
* use the finger spelling of the greek letters in greek Sign Language (http://www.idrimakofon.gr/index.php?menu_id=7)
* Have a name-sign for the GLO
* Other

[AGDCanada11]

We finger spell (in ASL) A-G-D!

[Sen's Revenge]

Unless I am mistaken, APhiA just uses our hand sign. (I have seen that among brothers who sign. That could be colloquial and not formal, though.)

[naraht]

Originally Posted by Sen's Revenge

Unless I am mistaken, APhiA just uses our hand sign. (I have seen that among brothers who sign. That could be colloquial and not formal, though.)

And probably not in situations where it could be confused with the letter 'Y', which appears to be the same in ASL.

[DubaiSis]

Rochester Institute has a lot of deaf students and a Greek system. It would be worth asking them if you're really interested. Since the hand signs are generally 2-handed, I don't really see that as an option, but spelling out an entire 3 letter sorority seems like a nuisance too. And since there isn't an English equivalent for a Xi, you'd have to spell out at least that part for us. Hmmmm. That is a head scratcher. But thinking back over the letters, you COULD do an X and an I with one hand simultaneously. It makes it unique, not confused with other letters, and is doable with one hand. It's awkward and makes my hand hurt, but it can be done!

[MysticCat]

Absolutely no clue.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Absolutely no clue.

Me too. I also have no idea where to start finding the answer.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Since the hand signs are generally 2-handed, I don't really see that as an option . . . .

NPC hand signs are usually two-handed, but I think the hand signs of most other GLOs -- at least those who have them -- are typically one-handed.

[DGTess]

There is at least one NPC and one NIC organization at Gallaudet University, according to their web page.

Seems nowadays most NPC have their new members learn something about other NPC orgs, so perhaps they have developed something?

[aephi alum]

AEPhi does not have an official hand sign.

I think that we would sign the letters "A-E-P-H-I", because if you tried to spell out "A-L-P-H-A-E-P-S-I-L-O-N-P-H-I" during formal recruitment, the party would be over by the time you were done signing. The issue never came up, as we never had a deaf PNM come through while I was an active or a rho chi.

But now you've got me thinking, because my mother was partially deaf. Not only do you have to converse with a deaf PNM during recruitment, you also have to bring her through new member education, and you have to bring her through initiation when she cannot hear what is spoken. Many deaf people can lip-read (heck, I have perfect hearing and I sometimes rely on lip-reading if I'm in a noisy room) but you still miss things even when lip-reading. I wonder if a chapter will call upon a national volunteer, who is hearing and who knows ASL, to sign during ritual?

[happilyanchored]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe we had the situation at one of our chapters this year (I want to say Mizzou but I'm nowhere near positive). A sister who is fluent in ASL was brought in to conduct her initiation. I remember reading about it in the Anchora I think, but I'm on my phone and can't check.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by happilyanchored

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe we had the situation at one of our chapters this year (I want to say Mizzou but I'm nowhere near positive). A sister who is fluent in ASL was brought in to conduct her initiation. I remember reading about it in the Anchora I think, but I'm on my phone and can't check.

Yup. Missouri. http://digital.watkinsprinting.com/p...4&pre=&ver=swf
(Googled Anchora deaf and initiation)

[angels&angles]

Interesting! Do you think she had a school-sponsored interpreter for all of rush, or what? I've never thought about how to sign our name. Probably just the nickname, if I had to guess.

[happilyanchored]

Originally Posted by naraht

Yup. Missouri. http://digital.watkinsprinting.com/p...4&pre=&ver=swf
(Googled Anchora deaf and initiation)

Thanks! Watkins wasn't working with my phone browser.