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Thread started 09/26/17 6:28pm

Se7en

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Looking for photo(s) - American Sign Language shirt

A coworker of mine is taking an American Sign Language class with her daughter. I brought up the shirt that Prince wore. I searched for it but couldn’t find any pictures.

Does anyone have one to share?
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Reply #1 posted 09/26/17 7:34pm

coldasice

Search Prince and Nona Gaye at fashion show pics. Several pics come up
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Reply #2 posted 09/26/17 8:08pm

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Image result for prince and nona gaye at fashion show

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https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #3 posted 09/26/17 10:03pm

80tomato

why does he look so white here

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Reply #4 posted 09/27/17 2:26am

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80tomato said:

why does he look so white here


Staying out of the sun.
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Reply #5 posted 09/27/17 8:24am

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Se7en said:

A coworker of mine is taking an American Sign Language class with her daughter. I brought up the shirt that Prince wore. I searched for it but couldn’t find any pictures. Does anyone have one to share?

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Reply #6 posted 09/27/17 9:26am

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What does the shirt say?

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Reply #7 posted 09/27/17 9:53am

Se7en

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Thank you everyone! These are exactly what I needed.

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Reply #8 posted 09/27/17 9:59am

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partyup77 said:

What does the shirt say?

Going by this chart it looks like WEL to me but that makes no sense. razz Maybe someone who actually understands ASL can interpret...

Image result for american sign language

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Reply #9 posted 09/27/17 10:13am

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partyup77 said:

What does the shirt say?

He told Oprah it says "Welcome". "WEL" on the front. There's video somewhere online of him spinning around in it and you see the rest of the letters on the back "COME".

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Reply #10 posted 09/27/17 10:22am

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TrcikyChristopher said:

partyup77 said:

What does the shirt say?

He told Oprah it says "Welcome". "WEL" on the front. There's video somewhere online of him spinning around in it and you see the rest of the letters on the back "COME".

Ah, so that's it! smile

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Reply #11 posted 09/27/17 11:00am

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TrcikyChristopher said:



partyup77 said:


What does the shirt say?



He told Oprah it says "Welcome". "WEL" on the front. There's video somewhere online of him spinning around in it and you see the rest of the letters on the back "COME".



Thanks. You are right on it.
Prince was so creative.
WEL
COME

Love it!
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Reply #12 posted 09/27/17 11:20am

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80tomato said:

why does he look so white here


It's make-up. If you look at other photos from around that time, there are many in which he forgot to do his neck - and his face is much lighter. Very obvious that it's make-up.

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Reply #13 posted 09/27/17 12:22pm

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Genesia said:

80tomato said:

why does he look so white here


It's make-up. If you look at other photos from around that time, there are many in which he forgot to do his neck - and his face is much lighter. Very obvious that it's make-up.

He was giving major goth

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Reply #14 posted 09/27/17 12:27pm

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Se7en said:

Thank you everyone! These are exactly what I needed.

I have a photo at home of the back of the shirt.

I will post it later.

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Reply #15 posted 09/27/17 6:13pm

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Reply #17 posted 09/28/17 7:07am

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Just for the clarity - it's Signed English, not American Sign Language. The difference between the two is that SE is English "rewritten" in hand signs, but ASL has little to no relation to American spoken languages (in fact, ASL and British Sign Language are completely different languages even though English is the official language in the US, Canada and the UK). It has a different word order, different grammar in general, etc. People who are deaf since birth and sign ASL as their first language have to learn (American) English as second language.

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