Oh my god. I'm deaf myself and I use sign language and everything. But seriously the sarcasm is off the charts, I absolutely wish I could meet you guys in person. Brilliant video.
I'm absolutely ashamed it took me that long to pick up on the sarcasm... *facepalm The fact that it seemed to take others a while as well makes me feel better though
ASL instructors, make this mandatory viewing for all the pious hearing wanna be interpreters. I'm hearing and in my first year learning ASL and this is stuff we should be learning about! Nicely done and hilarious as hell.
con670 I missed that part the first time I watched it, so it took me until the bill part to realize that everything was sarcastic haha. Then, of course, the aforementioned circumstances made much more sense!
Really enjoyed this video. I was skeptical after the first point. I thought...okay...maybe deaf people are sick of terps in all black? But after that I was laughing at the blatant sarcasm. Nice vid.
I was the same way. i am slooooooooooooooow to catch sarcasm. and just started my interp program so i don't know much. but then i was ROLLING on the floor laughing! (well not really i stayed in my chair) but i WAS cracking up!!!
Ha ha you guys crack me up... So sarcastic!! But I love it. Next time I have a Dr. Apt for a paper smear I'll ask my interpreter if she would like to take over
Hey I am in school to be an interpreter myself, I actually found this quite enlightening. Some say this is rude, but its only sarcasm. How many of us have used sarcasm to deal with our feelings? Let us not be hypocritical. I personally love sarcasm! :) Its easier to laugh than be angry and this way I totally understand how it must feel to be Deaf. I don't take offense, I laugh at mistakes and I will try to do better. Thanks for telling me!
"Is this sarcasm?" No, it is an absolute truth and you should follow each and everyone one of this tips, EXACTLY as discussed. If you don't you WILL fail as an interpreter. (This comment MAY be dripping with sarcasm, just like most everything else we do!) smile!
+Joanna Thinn Mar Same here. I can hear and have no idea about the hearing impaired community. What if I thought they were serious?! I'd make an ass out of myself. Boo!!!
OMG I never laughed so hard in my life... Thanks guys u really are making me second guess my passion for learning sign and wanting to be an interpreter.
This is hysterical! I'm so grateful that I've never met any interpreters that do these things. Eating your sandwich while signing one-handed?! Gosh-I hope that you don't actually know someone who had to put up with that.
You guys are really awesome! It's so cool to see how much you love what you're doing. You're wicked funny too! I hope you'll continue to post your VLOGS. There's a lot of us out there who want so badly to learn this language and I can't tell you how much these videos have helped me. I just want to thank you and encourage you to continue this work! Thank you so much!
You totally made my night! So very funny! Thank you! YOu guys are so cute and thanks for having the voice over so I could really understand everything Im a mere beginner. Im gonna send this link to my friend whos a professional signer CODA
Lmao...This was too funny!!! I'm not deaf/coda/hearing impaired but I fully appreciate the humor in this. The sarcasm is hystarical not only in your signs but also in the verbal banter. After seeing this, I HAVE to subscribe!!
I am studying ASL and hope to get in to the interpreter program. . I have been floored this year at some of the jaw dropping and horrifying behaviors from speaking people who do not take the time to understand and RESPECT deaf culture. I have also met some amazing and wonderful deaf people who have the patience and self restraint of a saint. . Since common sense seems to be an oxymoron to most.. thank you for this. I laughed til tears came pouring . Be the change you wish to see in the world.
I first learned asl in high school to talk to a girl this just brought me back there. Thank you so much! She was the most sarcastic person I’d ever met. I was crying-laughing the entire freaking time. Dear god! 🤣😂 thanks again for this!
I am a first time student at UCC for ASL English interpreting, i speak 3 languages and sign ASL now. Am watching this video and i am thinking that not all hearing culture will act like how you portrait them to be, i can understand why Deaf culture ask a lot of questions but i don't think i would be rude and cut off a person whether their Deaf or hearing when interpreting for them, i just happen to be an speaking interpreter Spanish, Portuguese English, and its considered very rude to cut off someone when they are talking, i just want to say it depends on the interpreter don't make it us all out to be like your video is fill with sarcasm and i honestly can tell you i perceived this info as that some people feel anger and are annoyed.
ok, I LOVE this video. I am a hearing person who is in school to be an Interpreter and if anybody took this seriously, you have no clue. This was humor! Thank you both and keep up the videos! You got me in trouble in the library at school today cause I was laughing out loud!
Well this video makes me never want to become a interpreter, I'm in ASL 1 in college and I have been trying really hard to learn this language, in hopes to maybe become an interpreter of sorts. Maybe it's my lack of confidence in this language since I'm only a beginner and don't know much, but I might rethink that plan; the last thing I want to do is be ridiculed for trying to widen my knowledge in another language. I don't know, this post just made me really doubt myself. so thanks lol
+Candace Barrage Do not let this video keep you from becoming an interpreter... these guys are just being themselves. I'm an interpreting major, I'll be taking Interpreting 3 here in San Antonio. They have to be sarcastic to prove a point. You learn all these thing while going through an Interpreting Training Program and yet there are still interpreters out there that 1. don't follow CPC, 2. wear what ever they want and 3. just dont care... we must have respect for our consumers and that's basically what this video boils down to for me personally. The whole "kiss fist" topic, i have to also agree with... there are some signs that deaf people prefer that hearing people dont use and we just have to respect it because it is their language and their culture. I was a offended at fist but then found myself laughing because everything they are talking about is true and funny even though they are being sarcastic. Just take their advice and don't do any of the things your not supposed to. I hope this helps you ! Keep up the hard work, it WILL pay off :)
+Candace Barrage If you plan to do any of the things they "suggest" in the video, then you probably shouldn't be an interpreter. Why would their mocking things terrible interpreters do make you not want to be come a good interpreter? I don't get it.
Hilarious you have certainly put a lot of work into this video and since the Mandela memorial incident you are going to get many more views. All the best
I am currently in school to become an interpreter and the first thing you guys mentioned I was literally sitting here watching with the most confused look on my face scratching my head like 😂😂🤦🏼♀️ well done! Great video
Solids are best, especially when there is distance involved, like across a classroom, or in front of an audience. Dark colors tend to be best for most, but the key is to have a good contrast for your hands. Most people can wear dark blues like navy or a deep royal and look great. Dark pine green can be flattering on the right person. One interpreter I worked with used to wear beautiful dresses in a deep shade of purple like a dark wine, or green like night in a forest. Looked great on her.
Hahaha the sarcasm was cracking me up. Of course they don't always have to wear black but dark sold colors help a lot and keep the distraction to a minimum. I can not lip read but I am hard of hearing myself and it is really hard to focus on the conversation if someone has a lot of facial piercings and loud make up or clothes.
I know this is a lot of heavy sarcasm, but it still scares me. I don't plan to be an interpreter, but as a first-term student in an ASL class, this video makes me absolutely terrified of getting my signs mixed up and interacting with deaf people in general. I feel like I'm going to start annoying people or mixing up my signs and accidentally signing something really rude.
Understood--but from what I hear from other interpreters Deaf people are generally just as easy going/forgiving as you would expect from any population. They're not usually out for blood.
I am in my third semester and what I can say is this. There is no law that requires people who call themselves interpreters to be certified. As long as you arent feigning your ability to sign deaf culture is so positive
Don’t put so much pressure on yourself... Deaf people obviously have a standard for interpreters but they aren’t out for blood to someone who knows ASL and is having a conversation with them. Interpreters are held to a higher standard because it’s our job to be fluent in the language and have the appropriate education and tools needed for the process of interpreting which many people don’t realize they are skills independent from language acquisition. But, if you’re just learning to have a conversation then have fun! Chat with Deaf people make those mistakes ! Deaf people will giggle and then correct you.
random thought, or question...I totally understand that an interpreter wants to be sure to cause the least distraction possible, but what is the difference between having a serious conversation while wearing a colorful vibrant shirt with letters, VS interpreting information in a colored shirt....The impression in any setting with my deaf friends has been that, after the initial impression of your shirt, the eyes seem to ignore, or get used to, the shirt the person is wearing.. If the interpreter is boring or not very skilled, would wearing a black shirt really help keep their attention? If they are bored ANYTHING could become a distraction right black, red, blue, yellow, plain, checkers, letters, movement....etc? I really don't know, but I always wondered that.... let me know what you think! :)
LOL! I love this VLOG - it spelled out almost everything I experienced in College. I had a NEWBIE interpreter in a Spanish Culture class where every other word was spanish and also in medical anthropology - so she not only had to learn how to "sign" , she had to learn how to create sign language to fit the scenario so I was there teaching her to sign - being very polite and praying really hard she "gets it" . She did get it after a month and was a pro but it was a struggle for both of us.
Hah! The PhD thing is so spot on. I'm hearing and I was at a history conference and this amazingly intelligent professor was talking about WWII. He's deaf and was signing and had an interpreter. The professor mentioned "Kristallnacht" and I don't think the interpreter knew what that was, because what she said was pretty unintelligible. The professor stopped his talk and corrected her! Multiple times until she said it properly! It was kinda of awesome.
haha this is so funny i just recently passed my ethics test and this is everything it tells me not to do!! :) did you guys go back and voice or were there people voiceing right with you?
Wow! you got me! I actually thought from the title we interpreters would not be made fun of; but since we are on that level, let me add some sarcasm of my own: of course this is for the deaf community on what we love about YOU: when you sign up for a PHD class but you dont have a high school diploma and still cant pass English 101. when you dont study for a test, fail, and then blame the interpreter. When you drop out of a class because you cant write a simple 20 page term paper
CODA BROTHERS ROCK.... but you forgot to mention one thing, DEAF people LOVE, LOVE, LOVE I mean L-O-V-E, LOVE it when interpreters criticized our signs!!! YES we do!!! Really, after all you interpreters went to SCHOOL for ASL ! WOO HOO you ROCK !! F#@K this, if my speech is like a dog let me KNOW ! Show me how to SPEAK !!! WHOA !
Pretty funny! I'm an interpreter as well, and have had experiences working w/ peers who were... shall I say, 'flexible' in their dealings w/ both hearing AND Deaf clients. Wowza.
As a hard of hearing interpreter, I find it to be very difficult when interpreting with with bright colors on. Because I see that certain deaf/hard of hearing folks lose focus depending on the color that the interpreter is wearing. Also many deaf/hard of hearing of hearing that I've come across feel as if hearing people are trying to take over their lives and language. But thank you so much CODA brothers for the information, I shall cherish this information.
Hahaha I just saw this in my ASL Linguistics class. I knew something was up when they mentioned liking long nails and dramatic makeup on interpreters, as a hearing person learning ASL I find that very distracting to me so I figured it couldn't be right. haha Loved this but I am a bit concerned since I do have a small tattoo on the side of my left wrist pointing away from my body. Would that be a huge problem if I were interesting in majoring as an interpreter?
Haha! Best ASL vlog about this is best awesome ASL on youtube! Also, you are lucky that you have a wonderful brother. I wish. I have sister but she is not Deaf. :(
Wow. I have used the hand kiss sign even recently because I learned it from the interpreter who taught me sign. As a newly hard of hearing I want to communicate correctly. You guys are funny!
I wish u are come down in the RGV valley really hard to time ,we here not have to an interpreter cuz not enough time but we have too many people deaf real low sing language and not spell word . :(
So serious question here .... I'm sort of getting the vibe (from a good number of sources) that the deaf community is not hugely a fan of other people learning to sign, I have recently started taking a few classes and practicing with a friend of mine who is not deaf herself but is very active in the deaf community (I'm only starting so its nice to have someone correct you). Is this not ok ? Should I just stop learning all together if its seen as insulting for someone who is not deaf to try to communicate learning sign? Again this is not a sarcastic question, I genuinely want to know if I'm just wasting my time trying to learn if its seen as offensive or an overstep to try to sign when obviously I will probably never be fluent. Thanks!
+DiaGretch I was beginning to worry as well while watching this video, but then I realized that the video is purely satirical and mostly directed toward the silly bits that make being deaf irritatingly harder while also unnoticeable to the hearing. Learning to communicate with someone is always better than maintaining an ignorant wall between you both. This is true no matter what someone says from the other side of that wall - people always live better together when they can communicate their ideas between themselves.
+DiaGretch I don't think it's meant to discourage anyone from learning ASL at all. The Deaf Community just wants us to take communication seriously, and respectfully. It's very difficult to go through life not knowing what's going on because so much communication is verbal, and then to have someone that's supposed to help with that just do a bad job, simply because they believe the fallacy that just attempting is good enough. There are people in the world that have the job of interpreting spoken language technical manuals, and medical jargon. It wouldn't be okay for someone with one semester of Japanese under their belt, to decide to take a job translating tech manuals. They would botch it, and waste a lot of people's time. I think what they're saying is similar. It's not that you have to be perfect, you just have to put yourself in the shoes of someone that has to depend on how you communicate for clarity.
In fact, many Deaf people that more hearing people would learn ASL so communication could be more accessible to them. Imagine how a Deaf person would feel if they go to any random restaurant and communicate with the hearing staff in their native language instead of writing back and forth BECAUSE they hearing staff knew ASL .
Thanks for telling us what NOT to do =] I am studying to be an interpreter and it's truw it doesn't have to be black, but dark and solid color shirts are best
@MrBoffom Reverse the thinking. If a Hearing person is in a LOUD bar/restaurant, etc., it's difficult to understand what someone is saying, yes? Much easier if there isn't "background noise' to 'hear' clearly. As a paid interpreter, if you are light-skinned, best to wear darker colors as it's not "loud and noisy." If dark-skinned, wear light-colored clothing - it's easier to "hear" when there is a contrasting color between hands and clothing. You will learn this in our studies and associations.
Oh my god. I'm deaf myself and I use sign language and everything.
But seriously the sarcasm is off the charts, I absolutely wish I could meet you guys in person. Brilliant video.
I'm absolutely ashamed it took me that long to pick up on the sarcasm... *facepalm
The fact that it seemed to take others a while as well makes me feel better though
“If your shirts have handshapes everywhere-go ahead!”
ASL instructors, make this mandatory viewing for all the pious hearing wanna be interpreters. I'm hearing and in my first year learning ASL and this is stuff we should be learning about! Nicely done and hilarious as hell.
Lol! i didnt see the sarcasm until you said we can make up our own words. FUNNY
con670 I missed that part the first time I watched it, so it took me until the bill part to realize that everything was sarcastic haha. Then, of course, the aforementioned circumstances made much more sense!
Cheyenne Atkinson when i realized it was all sarcasm, i replayed the video and enjoyed EVERY minute.
Until they got to the make up signs part I was just confused thinking that would be so distracting. But duh. Sarcasm is a thing that exist. Lol.
Really enjoyed this video. I was skeptical after the first point. I thought...okay...maybe deaf people are sick of terps in all black? But after that I was laughing at the blatant sarcasm. Nice vid.
I was the same way. i am slooooooooooooooow to catch sarcasm. and just started my interp program so i don't know much. but then i was ROLLING on the floor laughing! (well not really i stayed in my chair) but i WAS cracking up!!!
Ha ha you guys crack me up... So sarcastic!! But I love it. Next time I have a Dr. Apt for a paper smear I'll ask my interpreter if she would like to take over
Hey I am in school to be an interpreter myself, I actually found this quite enlightening. Some say this is rude, but its only sarcasm. How many of us have used sarcasm to deal with our feelings? Let us not be hypocritical. I personally love sarcasm! :) Its easier to laugh than be angry and this way I totally understand how it must feel to be Deaf. I don't take offense, I laugh at mistakes and I will try to do better. Thanks for telling me!
XD You guys have mastered weapons grade sarcasm! You guys are lethal!
"Is this sarcasm?" No, it is an absolute truth and you should follow each and everyone one of this tips, EXACTLY as discussed. If you don't you WILL fail as an interpreter. (This comment MAY be dripping with sarcasm, just like most everything else we do!) smile!
I didn't get the sarcasm until half way through the video. Well, duh?
+Joanna Thinn Mar Thanks. I thought I was the only one. Hehe.
+Joanna Thinn Mar Same here. I can hear and have no idea about the hearing impaired community. What if I thought they were serious?! I'd make an ass out of myself. Boo!!!
Thank you. I don't want to be mean to anyone. :)
Wow I thought this was all serious at first with the clothes, I didn't catch the sarcasm at first. Nicely done.
Very beautifully done guys *claps* I think everyone going into the feild should listen to this. :D
OMG I never laughed so hard in my life... Thanks guys u really are making me second guess my passion for learning sign and wanting to be an interpreter.
the sarcasm is so awesom here. my wife lost her hearing at 3. she's 31 now and a mom & this video made her day. lol.
Oh my gosh, I just peed! You guys are hilarious! "Can I help you walk to your car?" That totally just earned a subscription. Keep up the good work.
Loved it ! Respect for your consumers... I didn't understand at first but when I caught on to the sarcasm I couldn't stop laughing ! This was great !
This is hysterical! I'm so grateful that I've never met any interpreters that do these things. Eating your sandwich while signing one-handed?! Gosh-I hope that you don't actually know someone who had to put up with that.
Oh, man. The sarcasm in this video is perfect. I'm subscribing!
You guys are really awesome! It's so cool to see how much you love what you're doing. You're wicked funny too! I hope you'll continue to post your VLOGS. There's a lot of us out there who want so badly to learn this language and I can't tell you how much these videos have helped me. I just want to thank you and encourage you to continue this work! Thank you so much!
You totally made my night! So very funny! Thank you! YOu guys are so cute and thanks
for having the voice over so I could really understand everything Im a mere beginner.
Im gonna send this link to my friend whos a professional signer CODA
Lmao...This was too funny!!! I'm not deaf/coda/hearing impaired but I fully appreciate the humor in this. The sarcasm is hystarical not only in your signs but also in the verbal banter. After seeing this, I HAVE to subscribe!!
I am studying ASL and hope to get in to the interpreter program.
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I have been floored this year at some of the jaw dropping and horrifying behaviors from speaking people who do not take the time to understand and RESPECT deaf culture. I have also met some amazing and wonderful deaf people who have the patience and self restraint of a saint.
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Since common sense seems to be an oxymoron to most.. thank you for this. I laughed til tears came pouring
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Be the change you wish to see in the world.
I first learned asl in high school to talk to a girl this just brought me back there. Thank you so much!
She was the most sarcastic person I’d ever met. I was crying-laughing the entire freaking time. Dear god! 🤣😂 thanks again for this!
We watched this video today in my Deaf Culture class - these guys are freaking hilarious lol
Thank you for posting this! Your sarcasm made some good points. BTW...You guys are so funny!
You sarcasm is so spot on I thought you were being serious until half way through the video.
I am a first time student at UCC for ASL English interpreting, i speak 3 languages and sign ASL now. Am watching this video and i am thinking that not all hearing culture will act like how you portrait them to be, i can understand why Deaf culture ask a lot of questions but i don't think i would be rude and cut off a person whether their Deaf or hearing when interpreting for them, i just happen to be an speaking interpreter Spanish, Portuguese English, and its considered very rude to cut off someone when they are talking, i just want to say it depends on the interpreter don't make it us all out to be like your video is fill with sarcasm and i honestly can tell you i perceived this info as that some people feel anger and are annoyed.
ok, I LOVE this video. I am a hearing person who is in school to be an Interpreter and if anybody took this seriously, you have no clue. This was humor!
Thank you both and keep up the videos! You got me in trouble in the library at school today cause I was laughing out loud!
I miss their voice overs...they are soooo funny. I love them as they could be my own cousins, neighbors. Love them.
that was amazing!!! appreciate the voiceover. i feel like i learned a couple more signs :)
Well this video makes me never want to become a interpreter, I'm in ASL 1 in college and I have been trying really hard to learn this language, in hopes to maybe become an interpreter of sorts. Maybe it's my lack of confidence in this language since I'm only a beginner and don't know much, but I might rethink that plan; the last thing I want to do is be ridiculed for trying to widen my knowledge in another language. I don't know, this post just made me really doubt myself. so thanks lol
+Candace Barrage Do not let this video keep you from becoming an interpreter... these guys are just being themselves. I'm an interpreting major, I'll be taking Interpreting 3 here in San Antonio. They have to be sarcastic to prove a point. You learn all these thing while going through an Interpreting Training Program and yet there are still interpreters out there that 1. don't follow CPC, 2. wear what ever they want and 3. just dont care... we must have respect for our consumers and that's basically what this video boils down to for me personally. The whole "kiss fist" topic, i have to also agree with... there are some signs that deaf people prefer that hearing people dont use and we just have to respect it because it is their language and their culture. I was a offended at fist but then found myself laughing because everything they are talking about is true and funny even though they are being sarcastic. Just take their advice and don't do any of the things your not supposed to. I hope this helps you ! Keep up the hard work, it WILL pay off :)
+Candace Barrage If you plan to do any of the things they "suggest" in the video, then you probably shouldn't be an interpreter. Why would their mocking things terrible interpreters do make you not want to be come a good interpreter? I don't get it.
You're both so cute, love your critical sense of humor. Come from Holland, and will share this with the Dutch interpreters! Thank you so much!
Hilarious you have certainly put a lot of work into this video and since the Mandela memorial incident you are going to get many more views. All the best
I love these guys! Same with me on the not getting the sarcasm until about half way through. Then I couldn't help but laugh the rest of the way.
Lol I LOVE your Channel! Thanks for the videos! :) xoxo
I am currently in school to become an interpreter and the first thing you guys mentioned I was literally sitting here watching with the most confused look on my face scratching my head like 😂😂🤦🏼♀️ well done! Great video
Solids are best, especially when there is distance involved, like across a classroom, or in front of an audience. Dark colors tend to be best for most, but the key is to have a good contrast for your hands. Most people can wear dark blues like navy or a deep royal and look great. Dark pine green can be flattering on the right person. One interpreter I worked with used to wear beautiful dresses in a deep shade of purple like a dark wine, or green like night in a forest. Looked great on her.
I loved this video so much! All of it is true because I have experienced it myself as I go though high school! Keep it up!
Lol I didn't realize yall were being sarcastic until 4:10 when you talked about the BMW and minimum wage. Haha this is great vid
Thank you your view point from a coda's life really helped I'm in asl and i was hoping to do a project on coda's so thank you sooo much
I LOVE U GUYS! u are so passionate and u just inspire me to no end!
Just started watching some of your videos.... Too funny!!!
10 years ago?!!! Wow! Y’all are still awesome!!!
Lol I was dying, you guys are so funny.
Oh man, I'm also an interpreting student and I think that this video just made my decade. Love it! Will def take this all to heart! ;)
Hahaha the sarcasm was cracking me up. Of course they don't always have to wear black but dark sold colors help a lot and keep the distraction to a minimum. I can not lip read but I am hard of hearing myself and it is really hard to focus on the conversation if someone has a lot of facial piercings and loud make up or clothes.
I know this is a lot of heavy sarcasm, but it still scares me. I don't plan to be an interpreter, but as a first-term student in an ASL class, this video makes me absolutely terrified of getting my signs mixed up and interacting with deaf people in general. I feel like I'm going to start annoying people or mixing up my signs and accidentally signing something really rude.
Understood--but from what I hear from other interpreters Deaf people are generally just as easy going/forgiving as you would expect from any population. They're not usually out for blood.
I am in my third semester and what I can say is this. There is no law that requires people who call themselves interpreters to be certified.
As long as you arent feigning your ability to sign deaf culture is so positive
Don’t put so much pressure on yourself... Deaf people obviously have a standard for interpreters but they aren’t out for blood to someone who knows ASL and is having a conversation with them. Interpreters are held to a higher standard because it’s our job to be fluent in the language and have the appropriate education and tools needed for the process of interpreting which many people don’t realize they are skills independent from language acquisition. But, if you’re just learning to have a conversation then have fun! Chat with Deaf people make those mistakes ! Deaf people will giggle and then correct you.
random thought, or question...I totally understand that an interpreter wants to be sure to cause the least distraction possible, but what is the difference between having a serious conversation while wearing a colorful vibrant shirt with letters, VS interpreting information in a colored shirt....The impression in any setting with my deaf friends has been that, after the initial impression of your shirt, the eyes seem to ignore, or get used to, the shirt the person is wearing.. If the interpreter is boring or not very skilled, would wearing a black shirt really help keep their attention? If they are bored ANYTHING could become a distraction right black, red, blue, yellow, plain, checkers, letters, movement....etc? I really don't know, but I always wondered that.... let me know what you think! :)
you guys are hilarious... can't wait to watch your other vids
This was such a funny vlog! Thanks guys! All us terps love ya!
hahaha! I love this! :) LOVE IT! :) you guys are great :)
i loved the color black thing...in my church, black is the order for the interpretors and camera crew...too funny and the bill part... loved that too
Oh god, the sarcasm in this video. XD
LOL! I love this VLOG - it spelled out almost everything I experienced in College. I had a NEWBIE interpreter in a Spanish Culture class where every other word was spanish and also in medical anthropology - so she not only had to learn how to "sign" , she had to learn how to create sign language to fit the scenario so I was there teaching her to sign - being very polite and praying really hard she "gets it" . She did get it after a month and was a pro but it was a struggle for both of us.
Hah! The PhD thing is so spot on. I'm hearing and I was at a history conference and this amazingly intelligent professor was talking about WWII. He's deaf and was signing and had an interpreter. The professor mentioned "Kristallnacht" and I don't think the interpreter knew what that was, because what she said was pretty unintelligible. The professor stopped his talk and corrected her! Multiple times until she said it properly! It was kinda of awesome.
hahahhaah
At the first couple of points I was like "Oh ok...I guess"
Half way through -.-
nope.....totally the opposite lol
Y'all got me so excited there for a minute! Making me think I could wear my plaid shirts....
haha this is so funny i just recently passed my ethics test and this is everything it tells me not to do!! :) did you guys go back and voice or were there people voiceing right with you?
I stopped to hold my breath while I was watching it.. I cracked you up.. :)
Oh, this was so wonderful, honest and unexpected. Thank you guys :)
This is so weird..the deeper I get into learning, the more I find that there is just as much animosity in the deaf world.
Wow! you got me! I actually thought from the title we interpreters would not be made fun of; but since we are on that level, let me add some sarcasm of my own: of course this is for the deaf community on what we love about YOU:
when you sign up for a PHD class but you dont have a high school diploma and still cant pass English 101.
when you dont study for a test, fail, and then blame the interpreter.
When you drop out of a class because you cant write a simple 20 page term paper
CODA BROTHERS ROCK.... but you forgot to mention one thing, DEAF people LOVE, LOVE, LOVE I mean L-O-V-E, LOVE it when interpreters criticized our signs!!! YES we do!!! Really, after all you interpreters went to SCHOOL for ASL ! WOO HOO you ROCK !! F#@K this, if my speech is like a dog let me KNOW ! Show me how to SPEAK !!! WHOA !
roflmbo you really know how to tell big fat lies! and you do it with CLASS!! WHOO HOO..so funny! lol
Right on! I was almost same way, because I was
in loving of the ASL interpreters.
Haha. I have a deaf best friend and I wanna be an interpreter when I'm older, and I absolutely loved this video! haha. Thanks for the lesson!
HAHA Kiss fist + Laurent Clerc! LOVE IT!
Pretty funny! I'm an interpreter as well, and have had experiences working w/ peers who were... shall I say, 'flexible' in their dealings w/ both hearing AND Deaf clients. Wowza.
As a hard of hearing interpreter, I find it to be very difficult when interpreting with with bright colors on. Because I see that certain deaf/hard of hearing folks lose focus depending on the color that the interpreter is wearing. Also many deaf/hard of hearing of hearing that I've come across feel as if hearing people are trying to take over their lives and language. But thank you so much CODA brothers for the information, I shall cherish this information.
Dripping in sarcasm... love it!
OMG!!! This needs to be shown in every intro to interp class. HAHAHAHA
This is possibly one of the more entertaining videos to this series!
Hahaha I just saw this in my ASL Linguistics class. I knew something was up when they mentioned liking long nails and dramatic makeup on interpreters, as a hearing person learning ASL I find that very distracting to me so I figured it couldn't be right. haha Loved this but I am a bit concerned since I do have a small tattoo on the side of my left wrist pointing away from my body. Would that be a huge problem if I were interesting in majoring as an interpreter?
Haha! Best ASL vlog about this is best awesome
ASL on youtube!
Also, you are lucky that you have a wonderful
brother. I wish. I have sister but she is
not Deaf. :(
ROFLOL I LOVE this! Absolutely hysterical!
this video is awesome. im coda too. my mom and I thought it was funny and good. I apologize for the ignorant people in the comment section.
deaf people love it when interpreters take over the conversation! lololol!
I feel so stupid, I didn't know they were joking until the bank story
Wow. I have used the hand kiss sign even recently because I learned it from the interpreter who taught me sign. As a newly hard of hearing I want to communicate correctly. You guys are funny!
I think I must share this with my class. Hahaha!
I thought this was legitimate at first and got so excited... You guys!!! XD black shirts it is.
Love this satire!!!🎀🎀🎀
OMG hahahahaha I will try to incorporate some of your suggestions into my work. I do VRS. They'll never even know. :-D Thanks, guys!
Oh god! I thought these tips were a little off. Then they just got crazier and crazier. "Make up signs" Wait, What?#@$% Great video 🤣😄
Hilarious! Thanks for the reminders.
These guys are AWESOME!!!
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I wish u are come down in the RGV valley really hard to time ,we here not have to an interpreter cuz not enough time but we have too many people deaf real low sing language and not spell word . :(
thanks for he great laugh!
SO HILARIOUS!
As a CODA... I know your joking, but omg... My dad will reach over and try to break some fingers. I'd laugh but I'm so serious right now, LMAO..!!
LOL thanks for the info..I took really detailed notes and am keeping them forever and ever....jk :P Great vid! Sarcasm at its best!
Yep! I'm in an interpreting program and I just laugh at this video. These guys are awesome!
So serious question here ....
I'm sort of getting the vibe (from a good number of sources) that the deaf community is not hugely a fan of other people learning to sign, I have recently started taking a few classes and practicing with a friend of mine who is not deaf herself but is very active in the deaf community (I'm only starting so its nice to have someone correct you).
Is this not ok ? Should I just stop learning all together if its seen as insulting for someone who is not deaf to try to communicate learning sign?
Again this is not a sarcastic question, I genuinely want to know if I'm just wasting my time trying to learn if its seen as offensive or an overstep to try to sign when obviously I will probably never be fluent.
Thanks!
+DiaGretch I was beginning to worry as well while watching this video, but then I realized that the video is purely satirical and mostly directed toward the silly bits that make being deaf irritatingly harder while also unnoticeable to the hearing.
Learning to communicate with someone is always better than maintaining an ignorant wall between you both. This is true no matter what someone says from the other side of that wall - people always live better together when they can communicate their ideas between themselves.
+DiaGretch I don't think it's meant to discourage anyone from learning ASL at all. The Deaf Community just wants us to take communication seriously, and respectfully. It's very difficult to go through life not knowing what's going on because so much communication is verbal, and then to have someone that's supposed to help with that just do a bad job, simply because they believe the fallacy that just attempting is good enough. There are people in the world that have the job of interpreting spoken language technical manuals, and medical jargon. It wouldn't be okay for someone with one semester of Japanese under their belt, to decide to take a job translating tech manuals. They would botch it, and waste a lot of people's time. I think what they're saying is similar. It's not that you have to be perfect, you just have to put yourself in the shoes of someone that has to depend on how you communicate for clarity.
In fact, many Deaf people that more hearing people would learn ASL so communication could be more accessible to them. Imagine how a Deaf person would feel if they go to any random restaurant and communicate with the hearing staff in their native language instead of writing back and forth BECAUSE they hearing staff knew ASL .
DUDE!!! Sooooooooo Funny!!!! LOL
Thanks for telling us what NOT to do =] I am studying to be an interpreter and it's truw it doesn't have to be black, but dark and solid color shirts are best
One at a time, please. I enjoy your funny stories. \lml
@MrBoffom Reverse the thinking. If a Hearing person is in a LOUD bar/restaurant, etc., it's difficult to understand what someone is saying, yes? Much easier if there isn't "background noise' to 'hear' clearly. As a paid interpreter, if you are light-skinned, best to wear darker colors as it's not "loud and noisy." If dark-skinned, wear light-colored clothing - it's easier to "hear" when there is a contrasting color between hands and clothing. You will learn this in our studies and associations.
You guys are really funny!