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Silentwolfdog · 01-18-2008, 01:23 AM

Well my isn't exact ASL moment but lack of direction.

I was chatting with one of interpreters after the class's over. At that time, I was using left hand as "dominant hand" for that conversation. There was one word I did not know the sign and I tried to remember how to spell that word. So I mumbled to myself with my right hand fingerspelled really close to my hip trying to remember how to spell that word. Sort of like hiding it before reveal it, just like how hearing people would mumble to themselves to make sure before starting to talk. Of course, my interpreters looked at that direction where I fingerspelled to myself. Suddenly, I remember how to spell that word and went back to left hand to spell that word. My interpreters quickly had to look at left hand, which is in the air the whole time.
She teased me saying I made them look everywhere to follow the conversation. First left hand then right hand below the chest then left hand again.

One of interpreter I had loved to tease about my signing, lol especially because I am cross domination and sometimes use ASL. I am laid back so I am always amused by her.

I think people love to criticize my signing. Lol.

I remember one deaf person I was chatting with one time. She is ASL teacher. I signed "truck" in SEE way (old habit is hard to break) and she would fingerspell "truck" each time I signed "truck."
I would think, "Huh, what's wrong with her? Why is she repeating that word each time I sign it?"
It's like I could not tell the story with ease because I was distracted by her doing that. I would nod each time she fingerspelled that word.

Later on I realized that she is trying to tell me that I did not sign it correctly. Clearly, I did not catch on her somewhere hidden message, lol. I told her about it later and she went like, "Oops." lol

I must be very confused person, lol.

01-18-2008, 01:23 AM	#34 (permalink)
Silentwolfdog a toku fangirl Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 715	Well my isn't exact ASL moment but lack of direction. I was chatting with one of interpreters after the class's over. At that time, I was using left hand as "dominant hand" for that conversation. There was one word I did not know the sign and I tried to remember how to spell that word. So I mumbled to myself with my right hand fingerspelled really close to my hip trying to remember how to spell that word. Sort of like hiding it before reveal it, just like how hearing people would mumble to themselves to make sure before starting to talk. Of course, my interpreters looked at that direction where I fingerspelled to myself. Suddenly, I remember how to spell that word and went back to left hand to spell that word. My interpreters quickly had to look at left hand, which is in the air the whole time. She teased me saying I made them look everywhere to follow the conversation. First left hand then right hand below the chest then left hand again. One of interpreter I had loved to tease about my signing, lol especially because I am cross domination and sometimes use ASL. I am laid back so I am always amused by her. I think people love to criticize my signing. Lol. I remember one deaf person I was chatting with one time. She is ASL teacher. I signed "truck" in SEE way (old habit is hard to break) and she would fingerspell "truck" each time I signed "truck." I would think, "Huh, what's wrong with her? Why is she repeating that word each time I sign it?" It's like I could not tell the story with ease because I was distracted by her doing that. I would nod each time she fingerspelled that word. Later on I realized that she is trying to tell me that I did not sign it correctly. Clearly, I did not catch on her somewhere hidden message, lol. I told her about it later and she went like, "Oops." lol I must be very confused person, lol. __________________ If you are using red or blue font, there's a good chance that I am not reading your posts due to it being blended into background! I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. ~Sarah William Check my art at http://silentwolfdog.deviantart.com