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Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I am perfectly ok with my sorority's hand sign since it is so painfully simple and celebrates the letter that makes us unique among NPC sororities. But the ones who have ridiculously complicated ones? Yeah, they should stop trying so hard to be cool. Their symbols are interesting and unique and the fact that they can't be mimicked in hand gestures should be celebrated, not used to cause carpal tunnel.

But straying into the ASL question, I have wondered how sorority names are translated for ASL. My nephew goes to RIT, a school with a lot of deaf students. I asked him to find out but, you know, he doesn't care so never got me an answer. Does anyone know if the letters are spelled out, abbreviated, made a single gesture, or what?

Tri Sigma does have a chapter there (Epsilon Psi), and they have a specific gesture that they created for Tri Sigma. They use the sign for "three" and drag it across their chest from their left to their right horizontally, as if they were Sigmas on their chest. It's very, very cool, and my personal favorite gesture for Tri Sigma.