Sign question

jillio said:
I rarely see SEE used, even in educational situations. It tends to be very cumbersome, and difficult to keep signing pace with spoken pace. Wrod prefixes and suffixes all have separate signs, plurals are denoted with a fignerspelled "s" rather than repeating the sign, etc. It has been my experience that the form of sign used most in educational settings is SPE. This is usually the case because the majority of the teachers are hearing, and SPE is a more natural form of manual language for them.
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Although some ASL deaf say I use SEE, I never use gerunds (any word that end in an ing), English plurals, and signs that end in ed/er and I don't use the letter r when signing the sigh for red etc.. SEE is just too awkward.
 
deafskeptic said:
Although some ASL deaf say I use SEE, I never use gerunds (any word that end in an ing), English plurals, and signs that end in ed/er and I don't use the letter r when signing the sigh for red etc.. SEE is just too awkward.
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I agree that it's awkward. I'd say you probably tend to use Signed English--ASL signs in English word order. No gerunds, fingerspelled plurals, the, an, at, etc.
 
Thanks everyone! I guess Lilly and I have been signing in a form of SEE. Example, I would tell her that I have to go to work. I would sign either "daddy" or "I" then sign "go"then sign "work".
I think at this stage of the game, the issue is more IF we sign than HOW we sign.
 
Lillys dad said:
Thanks everyone! I guess Lilly and I have been signing in a form of SEE. Example, I would tell her that I have to go to work. I would sign either "daddy" or "I" then sign "go"then sign "work".
I think at this stage of the game, the issue is more IF we sign than HOW we sign.
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Gonna have to agree with you on that one, Lilly's Dad.:D
 
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