Idioms, Puns, and Interesting Signs (11/13/2023 Webinar)
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2023
- This video was recorded during the live broadcast of the American Sign Language Webinar: "Idioms, puns, and interesting signs" on Nov. 13, 2023 with over 3,000 registrants, approximately 2,000 login attendees, and a total estimated viewership of over 3,000 (including ASL classrooms watching together in groups).
Main Presenter: William G. Vicars, EdD, of Lifeprint.com ("Dr. Bill")
Assistant: Marly (name on file to protect privacy until such time as Marly decides otherwise).
Presenter Bio:
William G. Vicars, Ed.D., is a former full-time, tenured, full-professor, and researcher at a Sacramento State University where he served as coordinator of the American Sign Language and Deaf Studies bachelor degree program. He is Deaf. He holds an earned doctorate in Deaf Studies / Deaf Education from Lamar University in Texas, and has over 30 years of experience instructing and providing workshops in a wide variety of settings including internationally (Singapore, Guyana, etc.). He is the director of Lifeprint.com -- one of the world's most popular web destinations for learning about sign language and Deaf people. Through his UA-cam channel at / @sign-language he shares ASL instruction with over 450,000 subscribers. He lives in California with his wife -- Deaf culture pundit Bee Vicars, MFA.
Description of the Webinar main presentation:
Dive into the fascinating realm of ASL idioms, puns, and intriguing signs with Dr. Bill of ASL University. This session will explore the rich depth of American Sign Language by shedding light on numerous idiomatic expressions that don't always have a direct translation in English. Discover the humor and wit embedded in ASL puns and delve into some of the most captivating signs that are bound to enhance your signing repertoire. Whether you're a novice looking to expand your knowledge or an experienced signer aiming to refine your skills, this webinar will amuse you. Don't miss out on this opportunity to have Dr. Bill deepen your appreciation for the language as he guides attendees on a memorable journey through the nuances and charm of ASL.
Co-presenter: Sean Benson, MA, CDI
Sean is an educator, videographer, and Certified Deaf Interpreter. As a full-time Lecturer at Texas Tech University, he brings a wealth of experience from teaching at Sacramento State University, University of Nevada-Reno, and the University of Utah. Sean holds a Master's in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor's in Film Studies. His dedication to the Deaf Community also includes twelve years working in the Video Relay Service (VRS) industry which connects Deaf/hard of hearing individuals and Hearing people through interpreters. During that time, he produced videos in ASL, collaborating closely with numerous Deaf leaders and influencers to increase awareness of approaches to strengthening communication between the Deaf and hearing communities.
Description of the co-presentation:
Join Sean Benson, MA, for a brief but enlightening session in which he will help demystify the often challenging process of translating English idiomatic expressions into ASL. Drawing from his extensive background in ASL education, filmmaking, and as a CDI -- Sean will help you peer through his lens and gain a deeper understanding of how to bridge the gap using several key examples of these two distinct languages.
(About 10 minutes)
"Idioms, puns, and interesting signs" (official recording)
• Idioms, Puns, and Inte...
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Bill, you have helped make learning this beautiful language so accessable to both my son and myself. For that, I am endlessly grateful.
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wonderful video as always!! i’m always happy to learn niche asl signs as i go into intermediate classes
Sean!! so good to see you! Been Forever!! Awesome lesson! Well Done!!
I've let Sean know of your comment!
It was a genuine pleasure to co-host a workshop with Sean Benson.
Thank you so much for posting this, Bill!! 258!! Super awesome and very interesting!
This is a phenomenal lesson!
My favorite teacher 🫶
thank you for posting this, I'm so glad we have quality content creators out here, THANK YOU!
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Thanks for posting this, I was hoping to see the this version again 🤓🙂
You're welcome!
Super interesting lecture. Thanks ASLU!
Watching
this is awesome.. thank you Dr. Vicars! I've seen some of these before but I didn't know they had English names that correlated with their number handshapes!
Great webinar! Glad we can re-watch
Interesting video! I also remember CUT TONGUE for "Time to stop talking. "
54:37 Three on palm: It means "Show (index on palm), #3 stand for (W)." shower. Sign to ask where is Place to cleanup while traveling.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing that.
Fun play on word and used seen when visiting Missouri Dd community@@sign-language
Yeah shes definitely too young to understand that idiom. Lol. I laughed hard at that. Thank you Bill for these videos, I have learned so much.
I have a bad habit of turning up the volume when I start these lessons 😆
Hey Dr. V, where are you teaching now? I'm in Eureka Hall a lot these days so I asked about you and they told me you aren't here anymore. Where do you teach classes now?
Hello Sarah!
At the end of 2020 I transitioned back into private practice. (I was a consultant and entrepreneur prior to teaching for Sac State). Since separating from Sac State I've done contract work for the U.S. Defense Logistics agency, the Canadian Government, and a number of colleges. Currently I'm doing a project (remote work) for the University of Texas at Arlington and also some contract work for an A.I. startup focusing on developing machine recognition and interpretation of sign languages. Plus, of course, Lifeprint.com and my UA-cam channel. Both of my emails still work (including the one at Sac State -- it forwards to my personal email. You can find the email on my contact page www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm Feel free to email me and include a link to your Facebook page if you use that or any other social media you've got going on.
I wnat to know the sign for integrity of the person.
There is not a specific widely-accepted sign for integrity.
Instead people tend to sign "honest." ua-cam.com/video/MRrSl8ualaI/v-deo.html
Or you can add other signs like "depend"+"can."
At 16:05, the captioning says "idiot" rather than "idiom."
Soon after, it captioned, "orange throw" rather than "orange throat."
How are you getting UA-cam captioning without audio?
Marlene,
As a result of your comment I took a look at the captions file -- and noticed a significant number of issues and fixed many of them. Thanks.
Originally this video was recorded as part of a Zoom-based webinar with a live interpreter. Zoom provided a separate VTT (captions) file. One of the people with hosting capability accidentally started recording way before the actual intended recording time and I needed to delete quite a bit of video from the beginning. That meant the new video timing and the VTT (captions file) timing were mismatched.
So I used ChatGPT to fix over 600 individual caption timing indicators and used that VTT to add captions to the UA-cam file.
@@sign-language At 9:25, there is another mistake with the captions. The captions say “word for award”; I don’t know any sign language, but I assume that it should be “word for word”.
At 9:59, it says “killtupers”. probably “kill 2 birds”
@@sign-language Wow! What a hassle for you! I've never tried turning captions on for your videos. Sounds like it's a bit of work to set it up! But a nice option for ASL learners.
Thanks! Slowly but surely the captions file is shaping up.
I googled killtupers. Apparently it's not a thing. Ha.
Gotta come up with a definition of it.
Weird that auto captioning would choose a word that doesn't seem to exist.
@@sign-language That is indeed strange! I use auto captioning a lot and don't remember any fake words.
Isn't one dog-ear like seven human ears?
Ok, Sign: brown-nose sign looks like that scam. You know sign the same "scam" as only one. Never different. sign one "L" point eye to see later or sign see Later almost same finger point eye to thumbup "Up to you". Thanks