Funny enough Jim, in Deaf culture, every person has a byname, usually it’s a visual description of how you look, some of these bynames are extremely unflattering 
it’s done because you’re immediately aware of whom they’re talking about, and no insult is intended… For instance my wife Elspeth has a large mole near her nose, they way sign E plus point to the mole, and all would know who the meant… Cheers Kev 
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@kevels55: So, Kev, what is “potato” in sign language? (Never mind - I’ll Google it!).
Got it!
(PS: Did you know you can flag yourself for being off-topic? I’ve tried it, and it works!)
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Yeah Jim, perhaps u could start a “Semaphore Class” with all your own flagging 
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@kevels55: I rely heavily on my expert knowledge of “Middle Finger Morse”, Kev.
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I know the wan Jim… Although TBH, I was blissfully unaware that you were conversant in universal sign language
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@kevels55: Actually, “potato+gunner” is surprisingly easy to sign, and - although it’s not exactly “spud” - it’ll do!
@kevels55: This raises an interesting (troubling?) question that does in fact, relate to Rog’s quest for perfect pesky settings and includes our banter about signing
At what point does a Hard of Hearing person “give up” on hearing aids and CIs in their search for speech comprehension and call themselves “Big ‘D’ Deaf” ?
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Yeah it is an easy wan to sign, both are iconic signs, so they are easy to remember… The 3 most important factors in sign language are, the hand shape, facial expressions, and lipping what you are signing, this is difficult to get in sync, it takes many years of practice to coordinate all 3… Cheers Kev
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I would hope it would be after they have been medically examined by an otologist. If no tumors are found and they determine a bone conduction aid or cochlear implant cannot help.
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In truth Jim, they will never be excepted by Big D, even if you scored zero across the board, you ain’t Big D, this is a closed culture, you have to be born Deaf, be part of a Deaf family that signs, Social Workers for the Deaf whom sign, are tolerated, and perhaps excepted, unfortunately HOH are more of a an irritation, and left in limbo, they are neither part of the hearing world, nor will they ever be excepted into Deaf culture… A tadge ruthless I know, but it is what it is…Tis their culture, and outsiders aren’t welcome, they are fairly zealous in protecting their culture, there are in truth so few of them left, Cochlear Implantation (In children) is extremely frowned upon, in their eyes it’s an abomination, destroying their culture, and their way of life… If you look at it from their perspective, they see absolutely no problems with being unable to hear, they can sign, and effectively communicate in their own language, to them there isn’t a problem! Cheers Kev
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That might get you noticed!