Hello ASL Heroes!!! Hey, I could really use your help. If you’ve enjoyed having access to an expert in ASL you can help me continue my work for you. A small monthly donation from you would instantly make a big difference here at the studio because teachers don’t earn much and I could use some help paying for server and domain hosting for Lifeprint.com. Right now you can help out a humble (not to mention kind, caring, generous, compassionate, helpful, friendly, fair, and hard-working) ASL teacher -- just go here and a few clicks later you too will be a true “ASL Hero!” www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G For more donation options, see: Lifeprint.com/donate Thanks! - Dr. Bill
Bill, I’ve been following you for years and love your videos. But in the past few years, I have been losing vision and it makes it difficult for me to follow. You have a wonderful sense of humor and passion to teach others. You taught me a lot through the years. When God heals my eyes Your videos will be some of the first Apple Watch. Thanks again. And God bless you.
Susan, Thank you for sharing your nice feedback. It has been a privilege and I consider it an honor for me to have been a small part of your journey here on this earth.
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free: 1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website. 2. Bookmark the official ASLU UA-cam master playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA.html 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: ua-cam.com/users/Lifeprint-signsplaylists 4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm 5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm 6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ 7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome. To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm Ways to support the ASL University channel: 1. Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at UA-cam.com/billvicars 2. Click the “subscribe” button at UA-cam.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) 3. Click the “Share” link and share the videos. 4. Visit the “ASLU” bookstore at www.lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm (feel free to suggest new products that you would like to see). 5. Buy some ASL University “official” clothing at: ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu 6. Subscribe to the ASLU subscription site: asl.tc (For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ ) 7. Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G 8. For other donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm If you have any friends who might be in a position to do so you might want to consider inviting them to donate -- thus supporting Deaf children and the promotion of free sign language resources via Lifeprint.com Thanks!
Another fun video. Thanks. I tend to use a different sign for "chat". I'm wondering now if maybe I'm using the wrong sign or I made it up? I'll try to describe it. Two C shapes stacked with the top curve of the lower C inside the curve of the upper C. The lower C moves up and down. I'm familiar with the "chat"s that you showed, but I don't tend to use those, myself. I'm probably going to be humming Monty Python's Lumberjack Song all day. Instead of "reason", I tend to see "what for" (for for) used more often, or sometimes just "why why". Somehow your deaf joke followed by "problem" made me think of a story my wife told me. When she was in elementary school, her class signed The Little Drummer Boy one year, and for the "pa-rum-pa-pum-pum" part of the song, they gestured playing a drum, but she misunderstood and thought they were signing "problem". And so for a while afterward, she thought that The Little Drummer Boy repeated the phrase "problem, problem, problem" frequently throughout the song. 😆🥁
Dan, Your version of chatting is likely a signed English spin off of the ASL sign that uses a non-dominant C hand and a dominant FLAT hand (like a B-hand but the thumb is alongside the palm). The dominant hand flaps up and down inside the C-hand as if representing a tongue going up and down in a mouth. This sign is rather derogatory in the Deaf world as it refers to someone talking incessantly, too much, or too often. It is somewhat similar to the English idiom "flappin' your gums."
Some common versions of chat you may see in the Deaf Community: Chat version: both hands in loose 5-hand shapes propelled at a forward/down angle brought back up and down again: ua-cam.com/video/6KdtmP3ymSI/v-deo.html Chat version: one hand moving, forward facing loose C hands: ua-cam.com/video/vv8D34vy3pY/v-deo.html Chat version: two hands moving, forward facing loose C hands: ua-cam.com/video/F9Qw3X_9d5c/v-deo.html ------------------------------- The version you described seems like it might be related to the version above in which only one hand moves.
Oh, since I'm in the beginning class, will must recite story Deaf Tree, also must do accurate, but, my sign little-bit more advanced now, story break, will see. I also challenged people to do random jellyfish stories with the 'and-hand', about the day-to-day life of jellyfish, totally works-out.
Hi Bill! my wfie and i are subbed to your ASL university- this is a great resource- but do you happen to have a bit more of a transcript for the small bits that kinda get glossed over?
Brian, I've been captioning more and more of my videos as time goes on (going back to the beginning level and/or some of the more popular ones). It is slow going through. I'm hoping maybe to get a grant to hire some help to speed it up. For now I just encourage people to start earlier in the ASLU Playlist and work their way up to harder videos. People report that if they go through lessons 1 - 60 first and then go back again and watch them again -- it is like magic they understand a lot of the little side conversations the second time around. How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free: 1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website. 2. Bookmark the official ASLU UA-cam master playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA.html 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: ua-cam.com/users/Lifeprint-signsplaylists 4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm 5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm 6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ 7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome. To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm Ways to support the ASL University channel: * For donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm * Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at UA-cam.com/billvicars * Click the “subscribe” button at UA-cam.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) * Click the “Share” link and share the videos. Thanks!
I don’t understand why the word PROCEED would be signed in “Do you get along with other employees?” Wouldn’t you use the sign for MINGLE here or something?
PROCEED: Question: An ASL learner with a UA-cam username of "Grack la" writes: "I don’t understand why the word PROCEED would be signed in “Do you get along with other employees?” Wouldn’t you use the sign for MINGLE here or something?" --------------------------------- Answer: The sign that tends to be labeled (or have a headword of) PROCEED in many ASL dictionaries means more than its headword (or ASL gloss of) "PROCEED." In your question you refer to PROCEED as a word. Therein lies your challenge in understanding the use of the sign (labeled as) PROCEED. You are assuming that the meanings of the sign PROCEED and the meanings of the English word "proceed" are the same. They are not. They overlap, yes, but there are differences. One of the differences between PROCEED and "proceed" is that "PROCEED" is sometimes used in ASL to mean "get along" as in to "two people get along with each other." PROCEED (in ASL) means such things as: "proceed, get along with, commence, moving forward from this point in time, get to it, get going with an endeavor, get under way, press on, advance forward, go on, go ahead," and similar concepts. PROCEED (in ASL) unlike "proceed" (in English) isn't used to mean "wend" or "travel." PROCEED in ASL also doesn't mean to arise, originate, or result -- when followed by the sign "FROM." If we signed YOU MINGLE OTHER WORK-PERSON YOU? it would meaning something along the lines of: Do you hang out with other employees? Do you interact with other employees? Do you circulate amongst other employees? Do you associate with other employees? All of which imply that a person gets along with other employees (else why would the person be hanging out with them) but doesn't specifically ask "do you get along with" them? For an example of PROCEED being used to mean "get along with" see below: Example: In a video published by the Texas School for the Deaf in 2020, Trish Grooms uses the "PROCEED" sign to mean "get along with" in the phrase "...he thought that it was his fault that they don't get along with one another." Reference: Grooms, Trish (Nov. 6, 2020) "Clinical Suicide Assessment for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students - Part 2" Retrieved, 4/13/2023 from ua-cam.com/video/y2YkZm5AAl8/v-deo.html
After you've established a solid base of American Sign Language by taking ASL classes -- it is time for you to get your learning and education via interaction in the Deaf World. Google "Deaf Events near me" and see what turns up. Start (or continue) watching Deaf Newscasts. Do searches online for your state's "Association of the Deaf" and then go. Seek out your state's RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) chapter. Check "meetup (dot) com" for any "ASL meetups" in your area -- or pay the fee and set up your own ASL meetup and see who shows up. Hire a Deaf ASL private tutor. Just do a search for "ASL Tutor" online. Hire a local Deaf ASL instructor and offer small-group ASL classes in your home or some other location. Check Facebook for any Deaf hobby groups such as "Deaf Hiking" groups, etc. Search for "ASL socials near me." Search for "Deaf Church near me." If you can't find any ASL socials near you -- set up your own "ASL Social" and invite a Deaf person to come. Be clear with that person that he/she/they are the "anchor" (main draw) for the social and as such you will pay for their coffee or meal. The cost of a meal is cheap tuition considering the amount of sign language you will learn. Ask them to inform you ASAP if for some reason they can't show up to the social. Consider setting up an email news list for those who do show up to the social to let them know of any changes to the schedule, location, or other related information. Check to see if there are any Deaf Education programs in your area and then apply to become a volunteer. Get fingerprinted and the whole bit. Do fund raisers for that program. Consider buying and donating a large screen monitor or projector or some other needed equipment to the program. Give with "no strings attached." Your money doesn't buy you anything other than warm fuzzies. If you are amazing at fund-raising and/or organizing (or if you just have a lot of grit and persistence) consider forming a local Deaf-centric team and set up a Deaf Summer Camp, Deaf Space Camp, or some other "event" serving Deaf youth in your area. Consider volunteering as a "Big Sister" / "Big Brother" for any local Deaf youth who might appreciate / benefit from an additional caring adult in their life. Do it "right." Go through an official organization. Do a search for "big brother big sister program near me." (Source: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/what-now.htm )
Hello Nov R! Thanks for the compliment. It's a win/win. Many of those answers find their way over to my website. For example: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/what-now.htm
This is good stuff. I feel like talking about employment would have so many variables to it. How would one sign being laid off as a result of company downsizing? I mean I guess it's technically being fired (nobody actually quit). So could I sign "Past fired, but company decide needs less work people"? Also, is the sign for "skill" the same as or really close to a sign dealing with money? I checked a few things, but I can't find it. Maybe I'm just crazy. :)
The sign for "laid off" is an inflected version of "excuse." Do the "excuse" sign firmly -- using an extended (off of the palm) single movement. Laid off: ua-cam.com/video/d_oRqK-YrFI/v-deo.html Skill: ua-cam.com/video/mVrTgE8edho/v-deo.html vs Dollars (version 1) ua-cam.com/video/ai1UbD3sNpA/v-deo.html vs Dollars (version 2) ua-cam.com/video/6VJ7PPwX3v8/v-deo.html
American Sign language is not English on the hands. The two languages are different enough that each can be considered a separate language. For people interested in this subject, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/subject-verb-object-asl-sentence-structure.htm Also see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/grammar.htm
Is it incorrect to ask a Deaf person if they have heard something before? As in, “Koalas have smooth brains, have you heard of that before?” Asking if they have been informed about something. If not, how would you sign that?
Grack, This question has come up before at the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook Group. The vast majority of us (Deaf) actually use that phraseology "Have you heard about ..." However, despite the fact that most everyday Deaf seem to be totally fine with that phraseology and use it rather commonly --there are a minority who will attempt to claim that such phraseology shouldn't be used. My wife (Bee) abhors such linguistic elitism (and I don't much care for it either) since it makes the daily lives of typical Deaf harder or more challenging if we are always being preached at by influencers that our signing should be this way or that way (as prescribed by them) instead of allowing Deaf people to sign in organic ways that meet our needs as members of a diglossic society. (Look up that word diglossic if you aren't familiar with it. It is a cool word.) At your convenience, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/induction-and-extrapolation.htm Also I saw your other question about the sign PROCEED. I'll respond more to that when I get some time -- but yah, PROCEED is a common way to sign "get along." (Not the only way though).
Hello ASL Heroes!!!
Hey, I could really use your help.
If you’ve enjoyed having access to an expert in ASL you can help me continue my work for you.
A small monthly donation from you would instantly make a big difference here at the studio because teachers don’t earn much and I could use some help paying for server and domain hosting for Lifeprint.com.
Right now you can help out a humble (not to mention kind, caring, generous, compassionate, helpful, friendly, fair, and hard-working) ASL teacher -- just go here and a few clicks later you too will be a true “ASL Hero!”
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
For more donation options, see: Lifeprint.com/donate
Thanks!
- Dr. Bill
Bill, I’ve been following you for years and love your videos. But in the past few years, I have been losing vision and it makes it difficult for me to follow. You have a wonderful sense of humor and passion to teach others. You taught me a lot through the years. When God heals my eyes Your videos will be some of the first Apple Watch. Thanks again. And God bless you.
Susan,
Thank you for sharing your nice feedback.
It has been a privilege and I consider it an honor for me to have been a small part of your journey here on this earth.
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free:
1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website.
2. Bookmark the official ASLU UA-cam master playlist:
ua-cam.com/play/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA.html
3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page:
ua-cam.com/users/Lifeprint-signsplaylists
4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm
5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page:
www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm
6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See:
facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/
7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome.
To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm
Ways to support the ASL University channel:
1. Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at UA-cam.com/billvicars
2. Click the “subscribe” button at UA-cam.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet)
3. Click the “Share” link and share the videos.
4. Visit the “ASLU” bookstore at www.lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm (feel free to suggest new products that you would like to see).
5. Buy some ASL University “official” clothing at: ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu
6. Subscribe to the ASLU subscription site: asl.tc
(For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ )
7. Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
8. For other donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm If you have any friends who might be in a position to do so you might want to consider inviting them to donate -- thus supporting Deaf children and the promotion of free sign language resources via Lifeprint.com
Thanks!
You should specify that the second sign for CHAT is only used for signing white the first sign for CHAT can mean signing, talking or writing
Didn't realise, till I saw her channel, that Casar is deaf. And pretty fluent in Spanish Sign language..
Thanks for the new video. Great review and picked up a few new things as always. 🙂
Another fun video. Thanks.
I tend to use a different sign for "chat". I'm wondering now if maybe I'm using the wrong sign or I made it up? I'll try to describe it. Two C shapes stacked with the top curve of the lower C inside the curve of the upper C. The lower C moves up and down. I'm familiar with the "chat"s that you showed, but I don't tend to use those, myself.
I'm probably going to be humming Monty Python's Lumberjack Song all day.
Instead of "reason", I tend to see "what for" (for for) used more often, or sometimes just "why why".
Somehow your deaf joke followed by "problem" made me think of a story my wife told me. When she was in elementary school, her class signed The Little Drummer Boy one year, and for the "pa-rum-pa-pum-pum" part of the song, they gestured playing a drum, but she misunderstood and thought they were signing "problem". And so for a while afterward, she thought that The Little Drummer Boy repeated the phrase "problem, problem, problem" frequently throughout the song. 😆🥁
Dan,
Your version of chatting is likely a signed English spin off of the ASL sign that uses a non-dominant C hand and a dominant FLAT hand (like a B-hand but the thumb is alongside the palm). The dominant hand flaps up and down inside the C-hand as if representing a tongue going up and down in a mouth. This sign is rather derogatory in the Deaf world as it refers to someone talking incessantly, too much, or too often. It is somewhat similar to the English idiom "flappin' your gums."
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I certainly don't want to appear derogatory! 😅 I'll try to adjust. Thanks for the info.
Some common versions of chat you may see in the Deaf Community:
Chat version: both hands in loose 5-hand shapes propelled at a forward/down angle brought back up and down again:
ua-cam.com/video/6KdtmP3ymSI/v-deo.html
Chat version: one hand moving, forward facing loose C hands:
ua-cam.com/video/vv8D34vy3pY/v-deo.html
Chat version: two hands moving, forward facing loose C hands:
ua-cam.com/video/F9Qw3X_9d5c/v-deo.html
-------------------------------
The version you described seems like it might be related to the version above in which only one hand moves.
Oh, since I'm in the beginning class, will must recite story Deaf Tree, also must do accurate, but, my sign little-bit more advanced now, story break, will see. I also challenged people to do random jellyfish stories with the 'and-hand', about the day-to-day life of jellyfish, totally works-out.
Loving it 🎉
Hi Bill! my wfie and i are subbed to your ASL university- this is a great resource- but do you happen to have a bit more of a transcript for the small bits that kinda get glossed over?
Brian,
I've been captioning more and more of my videos as time goes on (going back to the beginning level and/or some of the more popular ones).
It is slow going through. I'm hoping maybe to get a grant to hire some help to speed it up.
For now I just encourage people to start earlier in the ASLU Playlist and work their way up to harder videos.
People report that if they go through lessons 1 - 60 first and then go back again and watch them again -- it is like magic they understand a lot of the little side conversations the second time around.
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free:
1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website.
2. Bookmark the official ASLU UA-cam master playlist:
ua-cam.com/play/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA.html
3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page:
ua-cam.com/users/Lifeprint-signsplaylists
4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm
5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page:
www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm
6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See:
facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/
7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome.
To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm
Ways to support the ASL University channel:
* For donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm
* Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at UA-cam.com/billvicars
* Click the “subscribe” button at UA-cam.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet)
* Click the “Share” link and share the videos.
Thanks!
wow yeah that will be a huge challenge, but I do appreciate it, and I thank you for the work you put into these videos!
I don’t understand why the word PROCEED would be signed in “Do you get along with other employees?” Wouldn’t you use the sign for MINGLE here or something?
PROCEED: Question: An ASL learner with a UA-cam username of "Grack la" writes:
"I don’t understand why the word PROCEED would be signed in “Do you get along with other employees?”
Wouldn’t you use the sign for MINGLE here or something?"
---------------------------------
Answer: The sign that tends to be labeled (or have a headword of) PROCEED in many ASL dictionaries means more than its headword (or ASL gloss of) "PROCEED." In your question you refer to PROCEED as a word. Therein lies your challenge in understanding the use of the sign (labeled as) PROCEED. You are assuming that the meanings of the sign PROCEED and the meanings of the English word "proceed" are the same. They are not. They overlap, yes, but there are differences. One of the differences between PROCEED and "proceed" is that "PROCEED" is sometimes used in ASL to mean "get along" as in to "two people get along with each other."
PROCEED (in ASL) means such things as: "proceed, get along with, commence, moving forward from this point in time, get to it, get going with an endeavor, get under way, press on, advance forward, go on, go ahead," and similar concepts.
PROCEED (in ASL) unlike "proceed" (in English) isn't used to mean "wend" or "travel." PROCEED in ASL also doesn't mean to arise, originate, or result -- when followed by the sign "FROM."
If we signed YOU MINGLE OTHER WORK-PERSON YOU? it would meaning something along the lines of:
Do you hang out with other employees?
Do you interact with other employees?
Do you circulate amongst other employees?
Do you associate with other employees?
All of which imply that a person gets along with other employees (else why would the person be hanging out with them) but doesn't specifically ask "do you get along with" them?
For an example of PROCEED being used to mean "get along with" see below:
Example:
In a video published by the Texas School for the Deaf in 2020, Trish Grooms uses the "PROCEED" sign to mean "get along with" in the phrase "...he thought that it was his fault that they don't get along with one another."
Reference: Grooms, Trish (Nov. 6, 2020) "Clinical Suicide Assessment for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students - Part 2" Retrieved, 4/13/2023 from ua-cam.com/video/y2YkZm5AAl8/v-deo.html
thank you
Hello. I'm looking for a (preferably free) way to immerse myself into ASL to learn it more effectively. Any suggestions?
After you've established a solid base of American Sign Language by taking ASL classes -- it is time for you to get your learning and education via interaction in the Deaf World.
Google "Deaf Events near me" and see what turns up. Start (or continue) watching Deaf Newscasts.
Do searches online for your state's "Association of the Deaf" and then go.
Seek out your state's RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) chapter.
Check "meetup (dot) com" for any "ASL meetups" in your area -- or pay the fee and set up your own ASL meetup and see who shows up.
Hire a Deaf ASL private tutor. Just do a search for "ASL Tutor" online.
Hire a local Deaf ASL instructor and offer small-group ASL classes in your home or some other location.
Check Facebook for any Deaf hobby groups such as "Deaf Hiking" groups, etc.
Search for "ASL socials near me."
Search for "Deaf Church near me."
If you can't find any ASL socials near you -- set up your own "ASL Social" and invite a Deaf person to come. Be clear with that person that he/she/they are the "anchor" (main draw) for the social and as such you will pay for their coffee or meal. The cost of a meal is cheap tuition considering the amount of sign language you will learn. Ask them to inform you ASAP if for some reason they can't show up to the social. Consider setting up an email news list for those who do show up to the social to let them know of any changes to the schedule, location, or other related information.
Check to see if there are any Deaf Education programs in your area and then apply to become a volunteer. Get fingerprinted and the whole bit. Do fund raisers for that program. Consider buying and donating a large screen monitor or projector or some other needed equipment to the program. Give with "no strings attached." Your money doesn't buy you anything other than warm fuzzies.
If you are amazing at fund-raising and/or organizing (or if you just have a lot of grit and persistence) consider forming a local Deaf-centric team and set up a Deaf Summer Camp, Deaf Space Camp, or some other "event" serving Deaf youth in your area.
Consider volunteering as a "Big Sister" / "Big Brother" for any local Deaf youth who might appreciate / benefit from an additional caring adult in their life. Do it "right." Go through an official organization. Do a search for "big brother big sister program near me."
(Source: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/what-now.htm )
Dr. Vicars! That’s a great list of fantastic ideas! This is why I read all the comments in all of your videos - I find gems like your answer 😊
Hello Nov R!
Thanks for the compliment.
It's a win/win. Many of those answers find their way over to my website.
For example:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/what-now.htm
This is good stuff. I feel like talking about employment would have so many variables to it. How would one sign being laid off as a result of company downsizing? I mean I guess it's technically being fired (nobody actually quit). So could I sign "Past fired, but company decide needs less work people"?
Also, is the sign for "skill" the same as or really close to a sign dealing with money? I checked a few things, but I can't find it. Maybe I'm just crazy. :)
The sign for "laid off" is an inflected version of "excuse."
Do the "excuse" sign firmly -- using an extended (off of the palm) single movement.
Laid off:
ua-cam.com/video/d_oRqK-YrFI/v-deo.html
Skill:
ua-cam.com/video/mVrTgE8edho/v-deo.html
vs
Dollars (version 1)
ua-cam.com/video/ai1UbD3sNpA/v-deo.html
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Hi Bill! How can that be sign language and english? Please you teach me pls hehe
American Sign language is not English on the hands.
The two languages are different enough that each can be considered a separate language.
For people interested in this subject, see:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/subject-verb-object-asl-sentence-structure.htm
Also see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/grammar.htm
Is it incorrect to ask a Deaf person if they have heard something before? As in, “Koalas have smooth brains, have you heard of that before?”
Asking if they have been informed about something. If not, how would you sign that?
Grack,
This question has come up before at the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook Group. The vast majority of us (Deaf) actually use that phraseology "Have you heard about ..."
However, despite the fact that most everyday Deaf seem to be totally fine with that phraseology and use it rather commonly --there are a minority who will attempt to claim that such phraseology shouldn't be used. My wife (Bee) abhors such linguistic elitism (and I don't much care for it either) since it makes the daily lives of typical Deaf harder or more challenging if we are always being preached at by influencers that our signing should be this way or that way (as prescribed by them) instead of allowing Deaf people to sign in organic ways that meet our needs as members of a diglossic society. (Look up that word diglossic if you aren't familiar with it. It is a cool word.)
At your convenience, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/induction-and-extrapolation.htm
Also I saw your other question about the sign PROCEED. I'll respond more to that when I get some time -- but yah, PROCEED is a common way to sign "get along." (Not the only way though).
@@sign-language I appreciate your thorough response! Love your channel :)
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