Recent content by Moyare

I haven't posted much on alldeaf, because as a hearing individual without any friends who are more familiar with either ASL or the Deaf community, I am still very much in the process of learning and don't want to come across as "throwing my ignorance around". That said, I would like to see if...

Thanks to everyone who contacted me to practice ASL via skype, unfortunately I have since found out that either my connection or my computer is too slow for me to be able to video skype properly, so for now at least, I am hoping to find someone in the area that I can practice ASL with, so if...

Hi, I'm in ASL 1 and would love to get a chance to practice more, my Skype is Ptharra, thanks! -Kiran

I've been away from alldeaf for a while now and I sort of feel like I ought to introduce myself again since I'm in a new situation than before. I disappeared because I am hearing and hadn't been able to do more than learn the alphabet and numbers from online resources about the Deaf community...

oh! I guess I forgot to mention that My name's Kiran

I'm not sure if this is at all similar to the experience you are talking about, but in case it's helpful at all, I learned a little Japanese when I was in College, and now if I listen to something spoken in Japanese I find that although my ability to hear sounds isn't reduced, it is a lot more...

I've wanted to learn ASL ever since we were introduced to it in grade school (we were taught the sign translation of a song) but I never had the opportunity to learn it, however I recently found myself spending a week in a place where nearly everyone signed so I picked up a little bit, and have...

It's nowhere near as funny as some of the things people have shared already, but I figure I might as well add my story. I am very new to ASL, just started learning a few weeks ago, and mainly what I can teach myself online so I mainly handspell (slowly) at this point. I was writing a thank you...