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{SPEAKER name="Jan DeLap/Shirley Schultz (interpreter)"}
Penny? Oh, and she signs, as the word, which is the sign for penny, that is one cent. One cent. And her name is Penny. Other name signs?
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Gentleman over there's name sign is A his last name starts with an A, Altiser. Altheiser. And her sign is also A. Aha, good, that's a good example, same position. Stand up.
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Now, let me show you something. She has the name sign A on the cheek, and this gentleman has the same sign. In the same school, they don't have the same name signs for each person, because of the confusion.
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So often when they're finished with school and meet other deaf people from other communities find that they have the same name sign so they must change it so maybe they would add AK
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two name letters - two letter names. He said "So where'd you get that name sign?" Oh he made it up himself? She made it up herself, your mother gave it to you?
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Okay he, the man, [[inaudible question from audience]] I don't know.
Oh we also have name signs for presidents of the United States.
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We should start with uh way back, uh, Washington, our first president. It's Washington with a W, this is a W, letter for W Washington. We have the name sign for Lincoln, L, Lincoln. We have a name sign for Nixon, like that, which is also the sign for-- I don't know, should we explain that?
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Transcription Notes:
Speaker said her name was Jan on Page 4