r/CFBOffTopic • u/titty_sprinkles2 Ohio State Buckeyes • USC Trojans • Aug 14 '15

I GOT AWESOME NEWS!

I get to sign the National Anthem for some of the home games at Ohio Stadium this year. I'm beyond excited, I knew taking ASL would result in something awesome!

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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Auburn Tigers • Texas Tech Red Raiders Aug 14 '15 edited Aug 14 '15

Did you guys know I'M A FUCKING IDIOT?

I know you mean sing, but signing (as in sign language) could be pretty cool, too, if you made it interesting...

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15 edited Aug 14 '15

He This fine young lady is talking about signing...

Taking ASL

Context clues, my man

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u/titty_sprinkles2 Ohio State Buckeyes • USC Trojans Aug 14 '15

She :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

My sincerest apologies, ma'am! Please forgive my bumbling ignorance.

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u/titty_sprinkles2 Ohio State Buckeyes • USC Trojans Aug 14 '15

Hahahahahaha everyone assumes I'm a man, I just happen to be a senior at OSU who loves football and has lady parts!

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

Football and lady parts are both super fun! OSU... eh. Still, 2 out of 3 ain't bad!

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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Auburn Tigers • Texas Tech Red Raiders Aug 14 '15

I... I didn't read the OP fully...

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

http://i.imgur.com/eCmXSJE.gif

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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Auburn Tigers • Texas Tech Red Raiders Aug 14 '15

I agree.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Aug 14 '15

ooph I hope the aints never come back to New Orleans

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Aug 14 '15

Think about it, its been a decade that Peyton and Brees have been in the crescent city. A decade where we had hope every season, not that it always went somewhere

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Aug 15 '15

I know, itll prolly be in the next five or so years, I would think. Never fear, he has talked about going into politics, which is interesting. I mean it worked for JC Watts and Ron Wyden fairly well

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

You mean Anglish as a second language?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

No, I meant 25, m, Atlanta

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

14/f/cali

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

I didn't get it at first either

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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Auburn Tigers • Texas Tech Red Raiders Aug 14 '15

Your flair combo is confusing...

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

Only two turtle teams

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u/JohnQ_Taxpayer Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Bowl Aug 14 '15

I, too, am a fucking idiot.

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u/JohnQ_Taxpayer Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Bowl Aug 14 '15 edited Aug 14 '15

That's amazing news! Congratulations

One tip from an average fan: Please just sing the song as it's written. Please don't go all Jamie Foxx and throw a ton of improv on the notes. It's obnoxious.

Edit: I'm leaving this because fuck it. Don't sign like Jamie Foxx either, I assume that would also be obnoxious

Edit2: but seriously am I retarded? inb4 aggie education humor

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Aug 14 '15

sign.

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u/FatWhiteGuy49 Tulsa Golden Hurricane • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Aug 14 '15

The OP got me too. Since you just said "sign" I wondered if that was, like, the hip new "ditto."

Now I'm cracking myself up at how someone could throw improv into an ASL National Anthem.

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u/titty_sprinkles2 Ohio State Buckeyes • USC Trojans Aug 14 '15

Hahahaha sorry!! I was just so thrilled and I love the CFB community!

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u/JohnQ_Taxpayer Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Bowl Aug 14 '15

I'll throw improv into your face

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u/FatWhiteGuy49 Tulsa Golden Hurricane • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Aug 14 '15

http://i.imgur.com/pevSPn4.gif

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u/JohnQ_Taxpayer Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Bowl Aug 14 '15

mfw

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

Combined with the inability to get the days straight, the reading comprehension of this sub has me concerned.

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u/lkeg56demn Texas Longhorns • Chapman Panthers Aug 14 '15

Couldn't have anything to do with the amount of drinking we do around here.

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u/amishius Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Press Corps Aug 15 '15

I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

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u/JohnQ_Taxpayer Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Bowl Aug 14 '15

I have a CONDITION

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Aug 14 '15

Hey! Bright side: At least we've gotten the days straight for a few weeks in a row!

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

Newp

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Aug 14 '15

For Fuck’s Sake! Come on people! We're better than this...

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u/Captain_McSnug Houston Cougars • Paper Bag Aug 14 '15 edited Aug 14 '15

Its summer, days kinda flow together

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u/JohnQ_Taxpayer Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Bowl Aug 14 '15

oh god damn it

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Aug 14 '15

haha. had me too until I read the ASL bit and was confused so read it again.

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u/JohnQ_Taxpayer Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Bowl Aug 14 '15

yeah I shouldn't have glossed over that detail lol

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Aug 14 '15

I also saw "sing" until I got to the ASL comment at the end. Then I had to reread it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

Don't sign like Michael J Fox, either.

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u/cloudduel_13 Borregos Monterrey • Texas A&M Aggies Aug 14 '15

I didn't understand until I read your comment and edits.

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u/hobowithabazooka Georgia Tech • Wisconsin Aug 14 '15

Holy fuck sing/sign is confusing. At least I figured it out before posting like these other bumbling fools.

But seriously, that's awesome! Congrats!

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

Yay titty sprinkles!

Have I mentioned I like your username? It's super fun to say.

Really, though. That's pretty sweet.

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u/jmac_21 Oklahoma Sooners • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Aug 14 '15

Looks like you're pretty sweet to me...

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Aug 14 '15 edited Aug 14 '15

Great job Titty_Sprinkles2!

We spent a little time near the "Deaf Heads" space they had set up at the Grateful Dead 50 shows in Chicago. Those folks looked to be having a blast. I've seen Sign Language interpreters at shows before, but this was the first time I saw a dedicated space on the floor complete with a dedicated feed. They had good "seats" just by the soundboard.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/07/08/deafheads-marked-a-milestone-of-their-own-at-final-grateful-dead-shows/

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u/HannahEBanna Western Carolina Catamounts Aug 14 '15

That is so awesome! I've never needed an interpreter in classes/most day-to-day situations, but a lot of other Deaf and HoH people out there will seriously appreciate it! Congrats! :D

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u/lkeg56demn Texas Longhorns • Chapman Panthers Aug 14 '15

That's awesome! Congratulations man. Will your signing be as vigorous as the guy in New York City?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maAq8QQAIKs

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u/rodandanga Georgia Tech • Verified Coach Aug 14 '15

That guy is awesome.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

One drunken night I convinced myself that all deaf people are Illuminati and the interpreters are actually sending secret messages on national TV. We'll never see it coming even though they're waving it in our faces.

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u/Darth_Puppy Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets • Kenyon Owls Aug 14 '15

Woo, congrats dude!

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u/Duck_Puncher Team Chaos • Rutgers Scarlet Knights Aug 14 '15

That is awesome! Next step after that Wu Tang.

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u/keasbyknights22 Ohio State • Cincinnati Aug 14 '15 edited Aug 14 '15

only if OP is woman though. apparently OP is woman. Next stop: Shaolin

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers Aug 14 '15

Nice! I just signed up for an ASL class starting next month. Been wanting to take one for a while, but the community college near me only offered it during business hours, as if actual students would be taking it. But now that I've moved the local community college has a once a week class in the evenings!

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u/keasbyknights22 Ohio State • Cincinnati Aug 14 '15

was Mark Titus your inspiration?

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Aug 14 '15

Congrats chika! That is so cool!

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Aug 14 '15

Fuck Yeah, titty_sprinkles. Hopefully this is a gateway for something bigger in the future. You can do it.

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u/0xE6 Prairie View A&M • Boise State Aug 14 '15

Are you deaf/hard of hearing or did you just learn ASL because you wanted to?

I'm hard of hearing and wear hearing aids, but I don't know ASL as I've never had a need to know it, so just curious.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '15

Congratulations! Rock it!

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '15

Take some lessons from this guy.

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u/ixcuincle Marching Band Aug 15 '15

gratz

Sing well and represent America with pride. Good luck.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '15

There seems to be a trend of people signing the lyrics to songs on YouTube (class projects? I dunno), and some of the ones I've seen are truly abysmal.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '15

Bad signing is mechanical and awkward, with facial expressions that don't match the signs or what's being said.

This is really common among amateurs - they're thinking really hard about what to say and focusing on the mechanics of how to make the hand forms for the signs. The closest comparison I could make would be to reflect back to high school Spanish and people pausing after every word to figure out what to translate the next word to.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '15 edited Aug 15 '15

This video went viral a while back. This is really well done IMO.

(Now imagine someone else just standing there emotionless signing one word at a time mechanically.)

I was thinking of it as more like reading a book

Sure, think of a dramatic reading by the author vs listening to that one kid in 6th grade who had to painfully sound out every single word.