moved out of home communtion choice
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You don't have to finger spell everything.
In ASL, there is the passive hand and the dominant hand. With a one-armed person (in case of broken arm, handling grocery and so on), the passive hand is omitted.
One time my interpreter showed up with a broken arm (and every class a few weeks after that), and i was able to understand her.
In ASL, there is the passive hand and the dominant hand. With a one-armed person (in case of broken arm, handling grocery and so on), the passive hand is omitted.
One time my interpreter showed up with a broken arm (and every class a few weeks after that), and i was able to understand her.
Yeah, I sign one handed often. I walk with a forearm crutch 50% of the time and I need it on my dominant side, so I often sign with my non-dominant hand only.Very doable
Regardless, I promise you that there are people with limited motion that successfully communicate in all sign languages. There is always a way.
My excuse: I am a linguist, I can make up my own spellings and then claim they are broad phonetic transcriptions! In reality I was sleepy.
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Grew up with ASL and English.
Left home with ASL and English. I prefer ASL whenever I get the chance to flaunt it.
Left home with ASL and English. I prefer ASL whenever I get the chance to flaunt it.
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In reality I was sleepy.
I was just teasing since I knew it is your major area of study.
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I use English and PSE, in addition my greatest strength is that I write frightfully well.
My world would be perfect if everyone just carried an ubiduo.
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I had to use oral only communication with my family and at schools. When I left home on my own, I learned to sign SEE and ASL, if both. I feel a lot better signing than speaking and try to lipread which I failed. I love ASL. 
My language break down is as follows
French is my native spoken language, ASL is my native sign language (learned them at the same time. Now I consider ASL to be my 1st language as it is where I am more comfortable receptively and expressively.
French is my second language, English is my third language, and German is my fourth.
I used them all growing up, now I use ASL and English for the most part.
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Just curious, and ignorant of Canada, but if French is your first spoken language, why is not LSQ your first sign language?
I grew up in Ontario, not Quebec, in an English area in an ASL/English based school, but French is what I spoke at home.
I want to learn LSQ though. Maybe I will spend a summer in Montreal or something. 4 months and pick it up. it's in my plans. I want to the same with Swiss-German Sign Language.
I grew up in Ontario, not Quebec, in an English area in an ASL/English based school, but French is what I spoke at home.
I want to learn LSQ though. Maybe I will spend a summer in Montreal or something. 4 months and pick it up. it's in my plans. I want to the same with Swiss-German Sign Language.
yeah...
and i bet it will be dificult for ya, since, obviously youve got quite some problems aquiring new languages
yeah...
and i bet it will be dificult for ya, since, obviously youve got quite some problems aquiring new languages
It is a bit of a skill I guess. Tis why I am a Linguistics Student
It is a bit of a skill I guess. Tis why I am a Linguistics Student
That's great.
We need tons and tons for deaf linguists.
Just yesterday, i went to a seminar of the most prestigious LSA linguist here, Maria Massone.
Yay. I love linguists.