American Sign Language: "Gallaudet" Note: Gallaudet University is a "Deaf" university in the northeast area of Washington D.C. It was named after Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. The sign for Gallaudet (both the University and the man) is the same as one of the versions of the sign for "GLASSES." Use a single motion. Start at the side of the eye with a "wide G handshape" and pull the hand backward about two inches into a "closed G handshape." Sample sentence: Did you go to Gallaudet? = "YOU GALLAUDET YOU?" If you are already "into" the conversation you can just sign, "GALLAUDET YOU?" and it will be easily understood to mean: "Did you attend Gallaudet." If you sign "GALLAUDET, YOU FINISH-TOUCH YOU?" it would be understood to mean "Have you ever been to Gallaudet?" For information regarding "Gallaudet" check out the Gallaudet research papers. Notes: The sign "GALLAUDET" can be used to mean "glasses." It can also be used to mean "Moses." This provides an interesting little memory aid: "Gallaudet was the Moses of the Deaf Community." (Ahem.) Just guesing here -- but more realistically the sign for "Moses" may have started as the sign HAIR (due to the burning bush / white hair incident). Then over time mutated to look more like GALLAUDET / GLASSES See: GLASSES Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore." Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT > You can learn sign language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "Gallaudet"

Note: Gallaudet University is a "Deaf" university in the northeast area of Washington D.C. It was named after Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.

The sign for Gallaudet (both the University and the man) is the same as one of the versions of the sign for "GLASSES." Use a single motion. Start at the side of the eye with a "wide G handshape" and pull the hand backward about two inches into a "closed G handshape."

Sample sentence: Did you go to Gallaudet? = "YOU GALLAUDET YOU?"

If you are already "into" the conversation you can just sign, "GALLAUDET YOU?" and it will be easily understood to mean: "Did you attend Gallaudet."
If you sign "GALLAUDET, YOU FINISH-TOUCH YOU?" it would be understood to mean "Have you ever been to Gallaudet?"

For information regarding "Gallaudet" check out the Gallaudet research papers.

Notes:
The sign "GALLAUDET" can be used to mean "glasses." It can also be used to mean "Moses." This provides an interesting little memory aid: "Gallaudet was the Moses of the Deaf Community." (Ahem.) Just guesing here -- but more realistically the sign for "Moses" may have started as the sign HAIR (due to the burning bush / white hair incident). Then over time mutated to look more like GALLAUDET / GLASSES

See: GLASSES

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore."

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