This is just really interesting. It discusses the hearing communities influence in ASL. I have explained that since ASL existed that the hearing community has tried to change it or create a completely different method of signing. This clip is discussing the sign, " YOUR WELCOME". Help each other understand. Also, what is your two cents?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl5_xo_wGVg&feature=related
That was very hard to watch. I am very confused right now. I had to watch it multiple times to figure out what she was fingerspelling.
ReplyDeleteI believe she is trying to convey that the hearing world sign for your welcome is different them what the ASL way of saying it is. because many signs have different meanings. She went through a list of how deaf people respond when they are asked "whats up since" but it was also the same thing that they use for your welcome. I hope someone can clear the air for me. I'm just confused.
Okay, I'm lost. Which is the right sign to use? A closed fist and extending forward? I'm getting the assumption that is the right one instead of using the sign for thank-you. However, I do not know why. Yeah I definitely couldn't read the finger spelling either lol.
ReplyDeleteIs all 4 of those signs acceptable to use? I guess the whole part of her explaining the difference between the signs I didn't understand. Any help?
Emily I am going to have to agree with you, this was a hard one to watch. I think you could tell from tonight that I am horrible at finger spelling.
ReplyDeleteWhat I think she is trying to say is that there are some things said in english that when applied to asl it just doesn't make sense. The example she gave made perfect sense to me. In english we say your welcome as an acknowledgement to a thank you. When signed in asl it would mean you are welcome here, which would be a weird response to thank you. I think there were some other exaples in the blog but im not sure sure I really understood it all.
uhmmmmm the absolutezero guy is me, Jeff. haha sorry its my friend's computer
ReplyDeletei was gonna say im so confused haha
ReplyDeleteAlright. So I was able to understand very little of the video. I could see that she was trying to show that there were differences between meanings of words. But other than that I wasn't able to get much else, especially the finger spelling.
ReplyDeleteJeff thanks for clarifying that it was you. I thought it was some random person who wanted to add there two cents.
ReplyDeletelol, yeah that is funny jeff... I was really confused as to who that was! haha. I thought the same thing as emily
ReplyDeleteok, so i can't really understand any of this video. I could read the fingerspelling and the other signing was pretty fast. I understood that she was talking about 4 different signs but like jeff, i wasnt sure if she was saying that they were acceptable, or what. This was a hard one.
ReplyDeleteAmanda you make a good point that things in English don't translate very well. That is just like any other language that there is a certain word that doesn't translate to mean quite the same thing. What is the right sign to use for "your welcome?"
ReplyDeleteAmanda you got it exactly! Excellent!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness no creepers here!
ReplyDeleteIs there an actual sign then for your welcome? I just nod my head and smile when someone says thank you in ASL, I dont really know what else to do and I figure some acknowledgement is better than none. Jeff and Josie mentioned the four different signs in the beginning, Im not sure if these were signs for your welcome or if they were more like four different situations. Not sure, hopefully we will clear this up in class today.
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