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Transcription: [00:45:53]
{SPEAKER name="Jan DeLap/John Ennis (interpreter)"}
We have games similar to ABC games. I'll give you a short one from 1 to 6.
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[[silence while number game is signed]] Did you understand?
[00:46:16]
Ok, this was my 1, and I did it like this for "thirsty." My 2, I was "looking." 3, I found the water faucet. 4, the water was flowing out of it. 5, I used for a cup. 6, I told you it was water. [[applause]]

[00:46:40]
Oh yes, I see that better now. Alright, deaf people mostly are raised in residential school in the past. They would get together and make up many different games, such as this: signing numbers, letters.
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It was a lot of fun for us. A lot of creativity. Also let me share with you our name signs. You know, how you got all your names at birth. We got our names at birth also.
[00:47:18]
But we also then developed what we call name signs that would identify us personally. They would be a name sign like at school or at home.
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Usually, when parents are deaf, they would give us a name sign at home for brothers and sisters and all.
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First kid that went into school, first time he'd go he'd be given a name sign. Most times, it'd be given by the other kids. They'd look at the new person and say, "Steve, ok," and then they'd all decide where the first letter of the alphabet would go for Steve, on which part of his body. Steve or Steve, Steve.
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And then that would stick with that person and identify each of the children that way so they wouldn't have to fingerspell all their names. I had one, it was given to me
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